How to implement 2 factor authentication for SSH on Ubuntu 16.04

Hello everyone. Today I’ll show you how to implement 2 factor authentication for SSH on Ubuntu 16.04 server using the Google Authenticator app. We will use ssh key (1st factor) and a randomly generate code (2nd factor) by Google Authenticator to login to our Ubuntu server. I use Amazon EC2 …

How to create class and module in puppet

In my previous article (“How to automate your IT infrastructure with puppet“) I showed you how to install and configure puppet, and how to write simple manifest.Today I’ll show you how to write those simple manifest using puppet classes and modules using the same server environment. What is class and …

How to detect and fix Dirty COW (CVE-2016-5195) issues on Ubuntu kernel

  A serious bug has been detected recently in Linux kernel named Dirty COW (CVE-2016-5195). An unprivileged local user can use this flaw to gain write access in the system. The bug existed since around 2.6.22+ (release in 2007) and was fixed on Oct 18, 2016. Exploitation of this bug does …

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