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lokhman / ubuntu-hardening.md
Last active December 4, 2025 22:23
List of things for hardening Ubuntu

WARNING

May contain out of date information. Check the comments below!

The list of actions listed below was taken mostly from Book Of Zeus with minor modifications and did the job well for Ubuntu version, which was available at that moment (May 2016). This gist was created for internal use and was never meant to be discovered by the web, although Google managed to find and index this page, which was a great surprise for me. Please check the original source for the updated information (links are provided in most of the sections), and read the comments below: they provide more details about the usage experience.

System Updates

http://bookofzeus.com/harden-ubuntu/initial-setup/system-updates/

Keeping the system updated is vital before starting anything on your system. This will prevent people to use known vulnerabilities to enter in your system.

@bengarrett
bengarrett / percona-xtrabackup.md
Last active April 30, 2020 06:38
Installing and using Percona XtraBackup on Ubuntu 14.04 for MySQL backups.

Installing and using Percona XtraBackup

For MySQL/MariaDB database servers on Ubuntu.

Set-up and Install

Add Percona to your repository.

Backup your sources.

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup

Edit your sources.
@ipedrazas
ipedrazas / knife cheat
Last active August 11, 2025 20:28
Hello!
# knife cheat
## Search Examples
knife search "name:ip*"
knife search "platform:ubuntu*"
knife search "platform:*" -a macaddress
knife search "platform:ubuntu*" -a uptime
knife search "platform:ubuntu*" -a virtualization.system
knife search "platform:ubuntu*" -a network.default_gateway
@harith
harith / shellmarks.sh
Last active September 18, 2022 07:50
Utilities to let you easily reach frequently visited but deeply nested directories.
# Utilities for quickly accessing frequently used directories in bash.
# Usage:
# $ cd /path/to/project/src/
# $ mark code # Will create a new shortcut.
# # Becomes interactive if a shortcut already exists
# # m is an alias for mark. You can also `m code`
#
# $ code # From now on, running this anywhere in the shell
# # will put you in /path/to/project/src/code
@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active December 8, 2025 03:35
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname
@burke
burke / 0-readme.md
Created January 27, 2012 13:44 — forked from funny-falcon/cumulative_performance.patch
ruby-1.9.3-p327 cumulative performance patch for rbenv

ruby-1.9.3-p327 cumulative performance patch for rbenv

This installs a patched ruby 1.9.3-p327 with various performance improvements and a backported COW-friendly GC, all courtesy of funny-falcon.

Requirements

You will also need a C Compiler. If you're on Linux, you probably already have one or know how to install one. On OS X, you should install XCode, and brew install autoconf using homebrew.