Easily change files on your Linux system with a simple command.

This command will change the default port for the SSH server on your Linux machine. jason@jason-desktop:~$ perl -pi -e ‘s/^#?Port 22$/Port 443/’ /etc/ssh/sshd_configjason@jason-desktop:~$ perl -pi -e ‘s/^#?Port 22$/Port 443/’ /etc/ssh/sshd_config Then run this command to restart the SSH server. jason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo service ssh restartjason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo service ssh restart This will…

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Ebay website running scripts to port scan visitors.

The Ebay online-shopping website is running scripts to port scan users and determine if they are using a VPN and possibly attempting fradulent activity. But this is a compromise of security and trust. This can be blocked though. There is a lot of information about this here: https://blog.nem.ec/2020/05/24/ebay-port-scanning/. Judging by…

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How to see if a port is open on a Linux system using netcat.

The netcat command is a program for querying network connections. This little program may be used to query whether a port is open on a Linux system or not. Here I am determining whether port 443 is open on this Linux Mint machine. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ nc -zv localhost 443…

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