2026-09-22
Fail2ban protects each server individually: it only sees its own logs and doesn’t know that the same addresses attacked thousands of other machines a minute ago. CrowdSec solves the same problem — detect attacks …
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Any server with SSH open gets scanned by bots within minutes after startup: they try common usernames and passwords, making thousands of attempts per hour. A firewall won’t help here — the SSH port must be open. …
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Xen — a Type 1 open-source hypervisor: it runs directly on the hardware, before any operating system. The project is developed under the Linux Foundation, the primary license is GPLv2. Current version — Xen 4.22 (30 July …
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OpenSearch — an open data search and analytics system most often used for centralized log storage. It is a fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana: in 2021, after Elastic changed the license to SSPL and the Elastic License, …
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Metrics show something is wrong with the system: response time has increased, memory is exhausted, the share of successful requests has dropped. To understand why this happened, you need logs — records of events written …
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UniFi — a line of networking equipment from the American company Ubiquiti: gateways, switches, Wi-Fi access points, surveillance cameras, telephony and access control. The main difference between UniFi and MikroTik is …
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For a small office people usually buy a consumer router from TP-Link, ASUS, or Keenetic. While there are five people and one Internet link, that’s enough. When a second provider appears, remote employees, guest Wi-Fi, IP …
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FASTPANEL — a free server control panel developed by the hosting provider FASTVPS team. It is installed on a personal VPS or a dedicated server to manage websites, databases, mail, and backups via a web interface without …
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Hestia Control Panel (HestiaCP) — a free open-source hosting control panel licensed under GPLv3. The project grew out of VestaCP, which stopped being developed, and is now maintained by the community. HestiaCP is …
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ispmanager — a commercial hosting control panel from a Russian developer. It is widely used by Russian hosting providers; many offer it preinstalled on VPS. After WebPros stopped servicing customers from Russia and …
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