Methods of Detecting Port Scans

In an increasingly connected world, preventing malicious activity in networked environments is critical to maintaining the security and confidentiality of sensitive information. Port scanning is a common method attackers use to identify open,closed and filtered ports on a target system, and it’s a precursor to more malicious activity, such as exploiting vulnerabilities or launching denial-of-service … Read more

What is Port Scanning and How Does it Work?

What is Port Scanning and How Does it Work? Port scanning is a method that involves the examination of a network’s open and closed ports to identify vulnerabilities and access. Port scanning works by actively or passively accessing a port to find out if it is active or closed. Port scanning has therefore become a … Read more

What is a Port in TCP/IP Networking

Introduction A port is a 16-bit number used in TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) networking in combination with the IP Address of a computing device to for applications and services to communicate between devices. In this post I will go over details of how and how a port is created and used. What is a … Read more

What is a localhost 127.0.0.1, and Why Is it Used?

Introduction Localhost is a term used in computer networking to describe the loopback address 127.0.0.1. This IP address refers to the local computer and is commonly used not only for local testing and debugging purposes but also for running networked apps locally. A loopback address, 127.0.0.1 for localhost, is a special IP address that directs … Read more

What is a MAC Address and How Do I Find it?

What is a MAC Address? A MAC (Media Access Control) address is a unique identifier assigned to a hardware called network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address. This use is common in most IEEE 802 networking technologies, including Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. The NIC aka Network controller is computer hardware that makes … Read more

Install NGINX on Ubuntu with MySQL and PHP FPM

Introduction In this post, I will go over details of how to install NGINX web server, MySQL Server and PHP on an Ubuntu Server. I will also go over the details of setting up SSL and Virtual Host Configuration for NGINX. Let’s start with our installation on the Ubuntu version of Linux. NGINX HTTPD Web … Read more

Install Apache on Ubuntu with MySQL and PHP

Introduction In this post, I will go over details of how to install Apache HTTPD webserver, MySQL Server and PHP on an Ubuntu Server. I will also go over the details of setting up SSL and VirtualHost Configuration for Apache. The LAMP Stack LAMP stack is a set of technology components used together to create … Read more

How to Generate SSL Certificate using OpenSSL

Introduction In this post, I will go over details of how to create SSL Certificates using OpenSSL on your server and online. Our online SSL script generator will generate OpenSSL shell script code that you can copy to run on your FreeBSD, Linux and Windows servers. What is OpenSSL? OpenSSL is a set of cryptographic … Read more

Install Nginx and PHP on Windows

Introduction In this post, I will go over details of how to install Nginx webserver and PHP on Windows 10, 11 or Windows Server. I will show where to download and how to do the configuration of Apache and integration with PHP. I will also discuss some advanced configuration options for the setup as well. … Read more

Install Apache and PHP on Windows

Introduction In this post, I will go over details of how to install Apache HTTPD webserver and PHP on Windows 10, 11 or Windows Server. By installing Apache and PHP on your Windows machine, you will create a local web development environment to test and develop any PHP website. websites before publishing them to the … Read more