This is the method that can be used to allow SSH connections from certain IP networks. An example use for this is allowing SSH from certain public IP networks, as well as from my Tailscale network. If possible, it is probably better to use iptables/nftables/ufw or the firewall feature of your hosting provider if they…
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Rate limit connections in Linux
Use the following iptables command to rate limit connections per IP. This is useful for preventing a DDoS attack on DNS servers. However, for DDoS protection for your DNS servers, you should be hosting DNS with the big cloud providers like Cloudflare, or running dnsdist in front of your authoritive servers.
DB_VERSION_MISMATCH error when updating AlmaLinux 8 / RHEL 8 / Rocky Linux
When trying to update the operating system, you might receive an error similar to the following … This can be fixed with the following command to remove the existing database …