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Securing your linux computer with Iptables

Introduction Iptables is a firewall built into most linux distributions and therefore typically requires no installation or internet to start adding security to your system. Below is a primer on iptables. To view your current firwall rules in their processing order, enter: sudo iptables -L --line-numbers Adding Entries This commands output is broken into different “chains” or rule sets, such as inbound (input) and outbound (output) rules. Typically users would be interested in modifying their inbound ports.

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how to configure zfs in proxmox to utilize raid

To start, all of your disk’s will have to be the same size and installed into the Proxmox server before configuring. I prefer to create a label for the drive bay with the disks serial number for easier management in the future. Wipe Drives In the Proxmox web interface click on the name of your server in the tree to the left and then choose disks in the following menu.

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