Recent content by Austin Bollinger

Close/delete thread, I can see there is likely not enough demand for this to happen. Many people across the globe utilize forum software. My #1 pick is XenForo and I tell everyone about it. What many systems use for storing user accounts is AD, which is talked to with LDAP (protocol). Making...

There are so many resources that people may not know to look for that could help them e.g. RedHat offers a lot of useful and free security information. Just saying "well people don't care about security" and implying "so we do not have to also" is not the way. :oops: I will happily discontinue...

I also wanted to point this out, the top XenForo result is from 2012. Now go here and find anything about security from the front page. Nothing at all, except security issues and fixes in the Twitter feed. Having more security awareness and consciousness would be nice. :love: I think something...

While you are not wrong, Layer 7 attacks target the scripts (PHP especially), PHP opens connections to a database, and hell ensues. In the case of XenForo, if you manage to throw bots at it you will notice heavy RAM. While this is not XenForo's fault entirely, I am certainly curious if there is...

I agree, I just never understood that mentality. Perhaps I am just a dreaming cyber defense student. It would just make sense to me if any paid server component or software automatically comes with a hardening guide to maximize the protections of customers, their servers, and their users...

Disclaimer: Use this information as friendly advice, I claim no responsibility nor liability for incorrectly configured security solutions. Seek professional help if you are unfamiliar with anything below. Here is an example of what I was talking about: Hide your web server IP address - Use...

I made this post here: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/security-category-or-forum-section.133236/ I am talking about for posts like this: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/nginx-security-update-cve-2017-7529.131213/...

Layer 7 attacks really are not fun --- at all. If you have been a victim of Layer 7 attacks you are familiar with typing htop to see plenty o' red on the RAM, perhaps the CPU is through the roof too. Can we get a security section, please? I would like people to be able to share firewall...