MikroTik Security Best Practices
MikroTik RouterOS sits between WAN and LAN. As WAN is untrusted, we should follow MikroTik security best practices otherwise network may be compromised.
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How to Secure MikroTik RouterOS Login Users
MikroTik RouterOS is a bridge between WAN and LAN. So, it is mandatory to apply RouterOS login user security policy. Otherwise, RouterOS may so insecure.
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Hardening MikroTik RouterOS by Limiting Login Services | February 6, 2021
MikroTik RouterOS is usually used as a bridge between WAN and LAN network. WAN network is always an insecure network because attackers always try to hack your RouterOS so that they can compromise it for their own benefit. As a network administrator of MikroTik RouterOS, we should always take anti hacking steps to secure our MikroTik RouterOS. There are a lot of security tasks those we should take care to secure our MikroTik RouterOS. Among these security tasks, we will [...]
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LVM Management in CentOS/Red Hat 7 Linux | March 15, 2019
LVM (Logical Volume Manager) is the recommended partition method for CentOS/Red Hat 7 Linux. Specially, if we work on Mail Server, File Server, FTP Server, Web Proxy Server or any application where disk space changes frequently, the LVM partition is mandatory in this case. In my previous article, I discussed how to install CentOS 7.5 with LVM partitioning. If you are new here or CentOS 7 is not yet installed, I will suggest you to follow my previous article and [...]
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How to Add New Domains to BIND DNS Server | July 5, 2019
DNS (Domain Name System) Server is an essential part to any computer network. So, it is always suggest keeping a DNS Server in every network. How to configure a DNS Server with BIND package was discussed in my previous article. A common question among the fresher admins of BIND DNS is how to add a new domain to BIND DNS Server. For this, this article is designed to discuss the proper way to add multiple domains to BIND DNS Server. [...]
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Restrict Internet Access Based on MAC Address in MikroTik | February 4, 2017
MikroTik router has a lot of features by which a network administrator can design his network as he likes. As a network administrator, sometimes you may need to allow internet access some specific devices. If other devices try to access internet, they will be rejected by your router. For example, say, you have configured a simple network like below diagram. In this network, you have configured WAN, LAN, Gateway, DNS and NAT. Also you have created queue rules for limiting [...]
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How to Customize MikroTik Hotspot Login Page | September 12, 2020
MikroTik Hotspot is an awesome service that can be customized according to any organization need. MikroTik Hotspot is able to authenticate and authorize network users so easily. Besides premium Hotspot service, it can also be used as a public Hotspot network. Although public network is a free network service, it can be a better source of income by serving ads. As no user can get internet access without visiting Hotspot login page, the login page is main space for serving [...]
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Securing MikroTik Router with Port Knocking | March 21, 2021
MikroTik Port Knocking strategy helps to protect MikroTik Router from hackers and unauthorized access as well as enhances MikroTik RouterOS security.
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Free Web Content Filtering Software for Home Internet | August 10, 2024
We always want to keep safe our home or business internet from unwanted content. There are many internet content filtering softwares those can be used to filter internet content. Among these, OpenDNS is a Free Web Filtering Software used to keep safe home or business internet content. OpenDNS is a DNS based internet content filtering solution. If we use OpenDNS nameservers as DNS, it handles DNS request and filter Malware, Phishing and adult content related websites and denies access. Besides [...]
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Red Hat/CentOS Network Configuration | August 4, 2017
Red Hat/CentOS network configuration or IP configuration is an important task to a Linux system administrator. After completing RedHat 7/ CentOS 7 fresh installation, you have to first configure your system network so that it can communicate to other network devices. In my previous article, I discussed how to install CentOS 7 core packages successfully on your physical machine. If you are a new CentOS 7 user and yet you have not installed CentOS on your machine, feel free to study [...]
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How to Backup and Restore Mozilla Firefox Bookmarks | August 13, 2015
Bookmark is one of the most important and useful features in Mozilla Firefox Browser. If Bookmark is lost, Firefox users become very anxiety to recover it. But Mozilla Firefox also provides a tool to backup and restore Bookmarks so easily. So don’t need to be worried. If you know the proper steps about how to take a backup of your bookmark file and how to restore that bookmark backup file again, it will be very beneficial for you. So, this [...]
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