:Turn Linux into Fort Knox: 10 Tools for a Safer Web Server
Turn Linux into Fort Knox: 10 Tools for a Safer Web Server Oct 9, 2008, 19 :35 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (2052 reads)
"Prevention is better than cure. Strong passwords are the first step in securing your web server. Many web servers get exploited just because of weak passwords. John the Ripper is a password auditing tool that can be used to detect weak passwords on web servers. It checks the passwords against a list of words commonly used and their variants. If the passwords on your web server get cracked by this tool, you have a red alert."
