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How to install the Pritunl VPN server on Ubuntu Server 20.04
2021-03-26 18:00

Looking for an easy-to-deploy VPN server for your data center? Jack Wallen walks you through the steps for installing the open source Pritunl solution. One of the reasons why I like Pritunl for this task is that it includes a very user-friendly, web-based GUI for the management of the VPN. I want to walk you through the process of installing Pritunl on Ubuntu Server 20.04.

VanDyke SecureCRT 9.0 and SecureFX 9.0 add support for RDP and Ubuntu 20.04
2021-02-22 01:30

VanDyke Software announced the official releases of SecureCRT 9.0 and SecureFX 9.0. Built-in RDP support in secureCRT 9.0 for Windows.

Dev creeped out after he fired up Ubuntu VM on Azure, was immediately approached by Canonical sales rep
2021-02-11 14:14

An Azure customer was outraged after finding himself on the receiving end of an unexpected LinkedIn message from Ubuntu maker Canonical last night. Shortly after a message turned up from an Enterprise Development representative at Ubuntu with the ominous phrase: "I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure," and offering to be a point of contact.

Creeped-out dev spins up an Ubuntu VM on Azure only to be immediately approached by a Canonical sales rep
2021-02-11 14:14

An Azure customer was outraged after finding himself on the receiving end of an unexpected LinkedIn message from Ubuntu maker Canonical last night. Shortly after a message turned up from an Enterprise Development representative at Ubuntu with the ominous phrase: "I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure," and offering to be a point of contact.

All grown up: Raspberry Pis running Ubuntu added to IoT patching service KernelCare
2021-02-10 12:30

CloudLinux has added the Raspberry Pi to its KernelCare patching service, although only if you're running Ubuntu. The arrival of the service is a recognition of the diminutive computer's presence in the IoT world, where implementations tend to be more on the appliance side and ongoing security updates are not always applied.

How to compile NGINX for ModSecurity support on Ubuntu Server 20.04
2021-02-04 20:18

Jack Wallen walks you through the manual process of installing ModSecurity for NGINX on Ubuntu Server 20.04. ModSecurity cannot be enabled with an instance of NGINX installed with apt-get, so you must do it manually.

How to install and use ClamAV on Ubuntu Server 20.04
2021-01-28 19:09

I'm going to walk you through the installation of ClamAV on Ubuntu Server 20.04. How to install ClamAV. ClamAV is not installed by default.

Why Ubuntu 21.04 is an important release, even without GNOME 40
2021-01-27 15:56

Jack Wallen discusses why the upcoming Ubuntu 21.04 is more important than some of its features would imply. At one point, the Ubuntu faithful were excited that 21.04 would be one of the first distributions to include GNOME 40.

Now-patched Ubuntu desktop vulnerability allows privilege escalation
2020-11-11 13:44

GitHub security researcher Kevin Backhouse found bugs in Ubuntu 20.04 which enabled any desktop user to get root access. Backhouse discovered two separate issues, one by accident, which together enable the privilege escalation.

Ubuntu's Gnome desktop could be tricked into giving root access
2020-11-10 11:41

A vulnerability in GNOME Display Manager could allow a standard user to create accounts with increased privileges, giving a local attacker a path to run code with administrator permissions. The process involves running a few simple commands in the terminal and modifying general system settings that do not require increased rights.