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What is Brute Force Detection (BFD)?

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BFD (Brute Force Detection) is a critically important part of protecting your server from malicious attacks. What is a Brute Force Attack? The most common form of brute force attack is a dictionary attack. A malicious person who is trying to get access to one of your accounts (web server,......

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How to Install and Configure vsftpd on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is probably the most popular method of uploading files to a server; a wide array of FTP servers, such as vsftpd, and clients exist for every platform. Pre-Flight Check These instructions are intended specifically for installing the vsfptd on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I’ll be working from......

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Error: 500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot() [SOLVED]

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Pre-Flight Check These instructions are intended specifically for solving the error: 500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot(). I’ll be working from a sxi.io Web Self Managed Fedora 20 server, and I’ll be logged in as root. The Fix This error may occur when attempting to......

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How to Install ProFTPD on CentOS 6

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FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is probably the most popular method of uploading files to a server; a wide array of FTP servers, such as ProFTPD, and clients exist for every platform. Pre-Flight Check These instructions are intended specifically for installing the ProFTPD on CentOS 6. I’ll be working from a......

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How To Add an FTP Account to FileZilla

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FileZilla is one of the most popular cross-platform FTP clients around. Here’s how to add an FTP user to the client. NOTE: Especially if you are running a cPanel server, it is best to ftp using a cPanel user account with shell access, in order to run SFTP (for security......

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How to Install ProFTPD on CentOS 7

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by Viking CoinSeptember 8, 2019August 12, 201909

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is probably the most popular method of uploading files to a server; a wide array of FTP servers, such as ProFTPD, and clients exist for every platform. Pre-Flight Check These instructions are intended specifically for installing the ProFTPD on CentOS 7. I’ll be working from a......

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Uploading Files to Cloud Sites Using FTP

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Pre-flight Check: Basic knowledge of FTP client usage is recommended. These instructions assume you already have an FTP client installed on your computer. A sxi.io Web account with the Cloud Sites product will be necessary to follow along. Upload site files to Cloud Sites via FTP You may have heard......

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How to Install and Configure vsftpd on Ubuntu 15.04

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by Viking CoinSeptember 8, 2019August 12, 201907

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is likely the most well-known method of uploading files to a server; a wide array of FTP servers, such as vsftpd, and clients exist for every platform. Pre-Flight Check These instructions are intended specifically for installing the vsfptd on Ubuntu 15.04. I’ll be working from a......

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How to Configure Your Liquid Web VPN

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sxi.io Web offers a free Virtual Private Network (VPN) user with every account. A VPN uses encryption to secure your computer’s connection to the Internet and guarantees that all of the data you’re sending and receiving to the sxi.io Web network is secured from any potential prying third parties. Be......

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How to Install ProFTPD on Fedora 20

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Note: Please note that this article is considered legacy documentation because Fedora 20 has reached its end-of-life support. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is probably the most popular method of uploading files to a server; a wide array of FTP servers, such as ProFTPD, and clients exist for every platform. Pre-Flight......

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How To: Upload Files To A Server

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One of the most common tasks that a website owner will do is upload one or more files to their site. While it is a simple task, there are many ways to go about accomplishing it, each with their own quirks and best practices. FTP FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is......

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How to Install ProFTPD on Fedora 21

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Note: Please note that this article is considered legacy documentation because Fedora 21 has reached its end-of-life support. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is probably the most popular method of uploading files to a server; a wide array of FTP servers, such as ProFTPD, and clients exist for every platform. Pre-Flight......

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What is SSH?

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SSH, or secure shell, is a network protocol used for secure network communications and remote command execution. Common use cases for SSH include: controlling computers remotely and securing network services. A great example of securing other services is the SFTP protocol which uses SSH to securely connect to a server......

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How To Connect To Your WordPress Optimized Template Site Using SFTP

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Getting Started With our Optimized WordPress Templates Getting Started With WordPress Optimized Template How To Deploy A WordPress Optimized Template Server Adding Sites To Your WordPress Optimized Template Server How To Connect To Your WordPress Optimized Template Site Using SFTP Using WP-CLI With Your WordPress Optimized Template Site How To......

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How to Install and Configure ProFTPD on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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by Viking CoinSeptember 8, 2019August 12, 201907

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is probably the most popular method of uploading files to a server; a wide array of FTP servers, such as ProFTPD, and clients exist for every platform. Pre-Flight Check These instructions are intended specifically for installing the ProFTPD on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I’ll be working from......

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How To Set Up FTP isolation in CentOS or Ubuntu

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Configuring Multi-User FTP with User Isolation This article is intended to give an overview of a chroot environment and configuring your FTP service for user isolation. This is done with a few lines within the main configuration file of the FTP service. This article is also intended as a guide......

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Using SFTP and SCP Instead of FTP

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One simple way to improve your Linux server’s security is to use SFTP or SCP instead of regular FTP. Using SFTP SFTP can work with many protocols but is most commonly used with SSH to provide secure authentication. SFTP is not FTP over SSH, but instead a new protocol developed......

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Install vsftpd on Ubuntu 16.04

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Installing vsftpd allows you to upload files to a server, the concept is comparable to that of Google Drive. When you invite specified users to your Google Drive they can create, delete, upload and download files all behind a secure login. Vsftpd is excellent for company’s looking for an alternative......

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How To Create Additional FTP Accounts in cPanel

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cPanel Tutorial: Paper Lantern Walkthrough I. How To Log In To cPanel II. How To Create an Email Account in cPanel III. How To Set Your Default Address in cPanel IV. How To Set up an Autoresponder in cPanel V. How To Set up Email Forwarding in cPanel VI. How......

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How To Set Up FTP for Windows

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What is FTP? You or your developer may want to have access via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to the folders for the project or domain that is being worked on. FTP is a quick and easy way for someone to connect to their project, without having to have full access......

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