Using nmap to “ping” remote ports

nmap -p 443 site.com nmap -p 21,22,2222,80,443 site.com nmap -p 50-100 site.com nmap is a very versatile tool for analyzing remote hosts. Given the above examples, nmap will return the scanned ports’ status as open, closed, filtered, and so on.

Using MTR to create a text file report

mtr –report –report-cycles 20 www.instagram.com > ignetrpt.txt The above should be entered on one line. Using MTR this way makes it easy to simply send a trace report via e-mail. It can also be used in an automated way to generate a report e-mail when …

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Apache goodies for WordPress security

The list of things to do to harden a WordPress site with Apache is long, but some things that could be done include: FileETag None <Files wp-config.php> Require all denied </Files> <Files xmlrpc.php> Require all denied </Files> <LocationMatch “/wp-content/uploads/.*(?i)\.php$”> Require all denied </LocationMatch>