today's howtos
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BGP route leak prevention and detection with the help of RFC 9234
Route leaks can be accidental or malicious but most often they arise from accidental misconfiguration. By creating a route leak, the leaker becomes a link between different regions without obtaining income, but the main problem is not even the lost profit.
First, packets must traverse a longer distance when a route leak happens in a third economy. And as we understand, it results in much bigger delays. Secondly, packets can be lost due to insufficient settings if they don’t get to the receiving party.
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How to Install and Configure VNC Server in CentOS and RHEL
In this guide, we’ll explain how to install and configure VNC Remote Access in CentOS 7/8 and RHEL 9/8/7 desktop edition via the tigervnc-server program to access remote desktop machines.
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a server-client protocol that allows user accounts to remotely connect and control a distant system by using the resources provided by the Graphical User Interface.
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A Guide To Implementing Segregation of Duties (SoD) in Linux Environments
In today’s ever-evolving cyber threats, organizations must implement robust security measures that safeguard their valuable data and resources. One such essential measure is the Segregation of Duties (SoD). It plays a critical role in mitigating the risks associated with unauthorized access, fraud, and errors.
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8 Cut Command Examples [Cut Sections of Line in File]
As Linux users, we interact with the text files on a regular basis. One of the common operations we perform on these files is text filtering. Linux provides many command-line utilities for text filtering, such as – grep, fgrep, sed, awk, and the list goes on.
However, in this guide, we will discuss one more text-filtering utility called cut, which is used to remove a particular section from the input line. The cut command performs filtering based on the byte position, character, field, and delimiter.
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How to Install Google Chrome in Linux [RHEL-based Distros]
Google Chrome is a most popular, fast, secure, and easy-to-use free cross-platform web browser developed by Google, and was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, later versions were released to Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android.
Most of Chrome’s source code is taken from Google’s open-source software project Chromium, but Chrome is licensed as proprietary freeware, which means you can download and use it for free, but you cannot decompile, reverse engineer, or use the source code to build other programs or projects.
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Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu, Debian and Linux Mint
Google Chrome Browser developed by Google Inc. is a freeware web browser licensed under Google Chrome Terms of Service.
As per Wikipedia (as of February 2023) statistics and trends Google Chrome Browser has a 65.76% usage globally and we can say it’s not an ideal alternative browser but it’s the best and most widely used internet browser, which uses the WebKit layout engine.
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How to Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras
Ubuntu Restricted Extras is a software bundle for the Ubuntu operating system that allows users to install software that isn’t currently included for ethical or copyright reasons, such as regularly used media codecs and fonts.
The Ubuntu Restricted Extras is a metapackage that has the following dependencies: [...]