Safeguarding your India Dedicated Server can be a tough job when one doesn’t have the required experience. It is not only tiring but also tough to acknowledge the fact that you have lost your website to some hacker who doesn’t even deserve it. As bad it sounds, having losing the same is the worst feeling.
Therefore, we feel the pain and understand how to tackle the different factors. Usually, people wants to have a list of tactics via which they can protect their server, however, it is wise to go with a few tactics in order to make sure that you miss out none of them.
Well, we have mentioned some of the best and classic tactics which can protect your site.
1. Backing Up your System – It is not all about protecting your site from hackers and malware attacks. One might even be prone to several problems like losing out the server data. It is all about a min or two and all of your data which be hampered and damaged in seconds. In order to avoid that it is a smart move to back up your data on a regular basis. When a person hires a third-party dedicated server, the backup becomes the responsibility of the management and therefore, the person doesn’t have to worry so much about the same. However, it is a big headache if a person is not wise enough to understand the need for a backup when he has an in-house server. Using the following protocols can make accessing the backup data easier –
· FTP
· FTPS
· NFS
· CIFS
2. Configuring the Firewall – Firewalls are one of the best measure to protect your server from different protocols. OVH comes in with inherent firewall which makes the whole network protocols better. The main goal of having a firewall is not even allowing the threat package to enter your server. One can alter the set of configuration and thus make sure that the firewall abides by the configuration set by him. One of the wisest move is having a hardware firewall which is a separate firewall and is different from Network Firewall. It sounds the same, however, a hardware firewall filters out different packages based on the header it comes with.
3. Disable Server Access – When a person opts for a new dedicated server at a hosting provider, he is being offered a default account which is being provided to many other users who have had hired the same server. Whatsoever, the password is changed and certain set of operation is being performed before offering the same to a different person. However, to be on a safer side, it is advisable to go for a second account and giving all the access to the same. This way you can make sure that no one can access the old id and make irreversible changes. This can be done via visiting the SSH configuration.
4. Create a User with Restricted Rights – Having an account who has all the access to different activities and is the only one to have the same can make the whole deal a game changer. This user can be you yourself therefore making sure nobody else have the kind of access you have.
Well, all the points mention are a game changer and thus are a must to opt for. Protecting your India and Spain Dedicated Server was never so easy before.
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