What Is an IPS and Why Every Network Needs One 

Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) are an essential part of modern network security. In today’s digital world, cyber threats are constantly evolving, making it increasingly important for organizations to protect their networks from attacks. An IPS is designed to provide an additional layer of security by detecting and preventing malicious activity before it can cause harm to your network. In this blog post, we will explore what an IPS is, why every network needs one, and the benefits of implementing an IPS in your network....

<span title='2023-02-02 16:59:27 -0600 CST'>February 2, 2023</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min

Maximizing Security With PfSense: Best Practices and Tips 🔒

PfSense is a popular open-source firewall solution that is widely used by small and large businesses alike. It offers a variety of features that help to secure your network, including firewall rules, VPN support, and intrusion detection. However, with so many options and configurations, it can be difficult to know how to get the most out of PfSense and ensure maximum security for your network. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some of the best practices and tips for maximizing security with PfSense....

<span title='2023-02-02 16:25:57 -0600 CST'>February 2, 2023</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min

Secure Your Linux Server

GNU/Linux server are great, cost-effective way for businesses to store and share data. GNU/Linux is open-sources, so it provides plenty of resources and community cooperation . However, that also brings security concerns. If you’re going to run a GNU/Linux server, you NEED to know how to secure it properly. 1. Updates the server The first thing you used do is update the OS to the latest version. Most VPS or cloud-based server update when you deploy them but still update....

<span title='2022-11-24 11:59:19 -0600 CST'>November 24, 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;3 min

Subdomain Takeover

What are subdomains To explain what a subdomain is you need to explain what a domain is. A domain name is the name of your website. So like rebootcyber.xyz or google.com is a domain. This allows users to just type in a name instead of a ip address. This makes it so much easy to remeber a website. Back to what a subdomain is. All a subdomain is a prefox added to a domain name to separte a section of a website....

<span title='2022-11-16 15:29:13 -0600 CST'>November 16, 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min

IP Address

What is a IP Address? An IP address is Internet Protocol Address. Basically it is the address to a computer. There are two types IPv4 and IPv6. IPv4 is used everywhere but is every old. IPv6 is not used every much but is newer. IPv4 An IPv4 address looks like 127.0.0.1. It is kinda of a complete technology to understand. So there is public and private address. Do to some compact math there are only 4 billion IPv4 address in the world but there are 16 billion internet facing devices in the world....

<span title='2022-11-05 11:10:02 -0500 CDT'>November 5, 2022</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min