Cybersecurity

Get NextCloud, Installed on Your ServerFor convenience, most NextCloud instances are running on a web server exposed to the Internet, and its myriad of cybercriminals and security threats. Even if your NextCloud server is properly hardened and all your users…

CloudFlare Alternatives & Multi-CDN Options for DDoS Protection

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS, CloudFlare, Content Delivery Network, Cybersecurity

Have you wondered what content delivery network (CDN) options exist beyond Cloudflare? Cloudflare provides an important service combining DDoS protection and site acceleration for many webmasters, and if their generous free tier never existed, many webmasters may have never considered…

Using AWS Certificate Manager with Route 53 and ELB for Free SSL Certificates

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS, Cybersecurity, SSL Certificates

If you’re planning to host a web application, such a website or blog, on AWS EC2 or AWS Lightsail cloud compute instances, managing SSL/TLS certificates can be easier than you think. Compared to Let’s Encrypt, AWS Certificate Manager is a…

Practical Advice for Securing Cloud Applications with Firewalls

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Firewalls, CloudFlare, Cybersecurity

In our 3 part series on setting up a minimal cluster for a LAMP web application on a cloud provider such as DigitalOcean, we relied on the private networking feature for network communication between all the nodes. Many customers looking…

Automating Let’s Encrypt HTTPS Behind a Load Balancer

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Scaling, Cybersecurity, SSL Certificates

Let’s Encrypt has become the de-facto Certificate Authority for automating certificate management with web applications. The certbot ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) client can completely automate the issuance, renewal, and installation process for SSL certificates from Let’s Encrypt, making it…

Cross-Platform Guide to Configuring WireGuard VPN

Cloud Infrastructure

Cybersecurity, VPN, WireGuard

WireGuard is an open-source VPN protocol comparable to OpenVPN, IKEv2, or IPSec with some key differences which have led the creator and lead maintainer of Linux, Linus Torvalds, to praise the technology as a “work of art.” That’s high praise…

Why CloudFlare’s Flexible SSL Setting Is Unsafe

Cloud Infrastructure

CloudFlare, Cybersecurity, SSL Certificates

CloudFlare Universal SSL is getting more webmasters on board with encrypting the entire Internet than ever — and that’s a good thing. But it’s important to understand the technical characteristics of CloudFlare’s free shared SSL certificate, and its limitations. As…

Protecting NextCloud behind CloudFlare Firewall and Anti-DDoS

CloudFlare Alternatives & Multi-CDN Options for DDoS Protection

Using AWS Certificate Manager with Route 53 and ELB for Free SSL Certificates

Practical Advice for Securing Cloud Applications with Firewalls

Automating Let’s Encrypt HTTPS Behind a Load Balancer

Cross-Platform Guide to Configuring WireGuard VPN

Why CloudFlare’s Flexible SSL Setting Is Unsafe