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SL7: enable EPEL repos

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there is a vast repo for packages not (officially?) maintainted by redhat. to enable this repo (called EPEL) the following steps are needed: get and install...

SL7: fastest mirrors

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to enable the automatic checking for fastest mirrors within yum install the following plugin: $ sudo yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror check that plugins ...

SL7: install owncloud-client

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the install process for owncloud-client within scientific linux 7.x is quite easy (do as root): [code language="bash"] $ cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ $ wget http://d...

wordlists: most common words

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for password attacks one needs good password lists. the following are quite nice: in kali: /usr/share/wordlists lots of different lists, mostly aquired from...

sshd: secure config file

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the ssh daemon is a entry point to many servers. it should be secured!! the following /etc/ssh/sshd_config is secure and very restrivtive: [code language="ba...