Authentication / Password Protection in Apache

There are many ways you can password protect directories under Apache web server. This is important to keep your file privates from both unauthorized users and search engines (when you do not want to get your data indexed). Here you will see the basics of password protecting a directory on your server. You can use any one of the following method:

Securing Apache Web Server with Encryption

In this blog we are going to discuss about encrypting communications to web server  using TLS/SSL.

Step 1:  Install mod_ssl and httpd

# yum -y install mod_ssl httpd

Basic web server configuration in RHEL / CENTOS

Packages required – httpd

                               httpd-devel

                               httpd-manual

Daemon - /usr/sbin/httpd

Script -     /etc/init.d/httpd

Ports -       80/tcp (http) , 443/tcp (https)

Configuration - /etc/httpd/*

                          /var/www/*

DNS / BIND Server Configuration in RHEL 6 / CENTOS 6

What is DNS?
DNS is called as Domain name system. DNS is name resolution service which resolves human friendly name (such as Example Web Page) into IP  address (192.168.0.10) DNS is a hirarchical distributed database that contains
resolving of domain name into IP address.

Why DNS?
Because people and applications try to connect the network computer by  specifying name. DNS has superior scalability,security and compatibility with internet.

Install Vuze on Linux

Vuze (previously Azureus) is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to by .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content. Content is presented through channels and categories containing TV shows, music videos, movies, video games and others. Additionally, if users prefer to publish their original content, they may earn money from it. Azureus was first released in June 2003 at SourceForge.net, mostly to experiment with the Standard Widget Toolkit from Eclipse. It later became one of the most popular BitTorrent clients.
The Azureus software was released under the GNU General Public License, and remains as a free software application.