What is Tripwire? Tripwire is a form intrusion detection system (IDS) that helps you keep tabs on the integrity of the files on your computer. Quite simply it will help identify files or modifications made to your system in the event someone compromised your system. How does Tripwire work? Tripwire works on a pretty easy [...]

RKHunter – (RootKit Hunter) Is a security scanning tool which will scan for rootkits, backdoors, and local exploits. RKHunter will ensure you about 99.9% that your dedicated web server is secure. 1. Login to your server via SSH as root. Then Type: cd /usr/local/src/ 2. Download RKHunter Version 1.1.4 Type: wget http://downloads.rootkit.nl/rkhunter-1.1.4.tar.gz 3. Extract files [...]