SSL certificates are a security tool that helps secure and protect data that is exchanged between a server and a web browser, by encrypting it to prevent any interception by unauthorized persons. Encrypted data means that one needs key to decrypt and understand the content of the data, and thus any man in the middle …
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What’s wrong with always being root?
Every one who works with Linux has heard the phrase, “Don’t login as root user”. Some of us ask many questions as to why this is the case? Why can’t I just login as root? Why should you avoid root and create a sudo account to use for administrative tasks? Let’s explain it here to …
Good questions you may ask yourself about the root login philosophy.
Many people have heard and seem not to argue with the word that “you shouldn’t login as root”. Many just fall in line and behave. But some have questions about this Linux world starndard. These questions, I realised, will help a newbie internalise the whole concept – before they have to internalise it through experience. …
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Online Privacy and Protection
Data breaches are becoming more of a daily occurrence. Data is becoming more useful and people are looking for it even using unethical methods. Data is being used to influence decisions and behaviours and we receive news more regularly about some major data breach somewhere. Not long ago, we were shocked that Cambridge Analytica collected …
Google changing it’s approach to SSL
Google has been out to make websites adopt SSL. A website with an SSL certificate is one accessed using https:// instead of http://. Normally, a padlock is displayed next to the https:/ tag for sites secured with SSL. There are 3 things Google does to push site owners to adopt SSL: Google uses the presence …