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Avoid ISP blocking VPN connection
PPTP can be blocked by ISPs because it (1) runs exclusively on port 1723 and (2) uses non-standard GRE packets which are easily identifiable. See PPTP on Wikipedia.
The solution is using OpenVPN ...
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Non-WWW site redirects to WWW explicitly?
I don't know anything about Openshift, but that last image certainly looks like it's doing a permanent redirect (a 301) from lsmsasgo.com/<anything> to www.lsmsasgo.com/<anything>. What ...
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What's the difference between VM and VPS?
Your question is probably about full system level virtualization:
The term "Virtual Machine" is generally used to describe a technology, while the term "Virtual Private Server" (or "virtual root ...
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Run Windows application in the cloud
Amazon AWS WorkSpaces provides the virtual desktop on the cloud might suit your requirement. Another option is Microsoft own Azure RemoteApp. I haven't use both, so you got to compare both by yourself....
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What to do when the ISP seems to interrupt a SOCKS5 connection to a VPS?
Socks handshake is transparent and easy to detect(3 bytes static data). A DPI can monitor the packet data to detect the socks connection.
To evade the detection you may need to customize the handshake ...
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bash No space left on device
As you press tab certain/specific script(s) is/are launched
(several can be defined, which one that gets launched depends on the command currently typed at the prompt).
These scripts often use ...
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How can I have very large files/directories copied from one host to another "offline"?
rsync -azvP source_directory user@remote:remote_directory
should let you copy files between two computers while saving progress in case of interruptions.
Here's an explanation of each flag, too. ...
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Can set hostname of VPS buy from https://bandwagonhost.com
The "hostname" parameter in VPS control panels only changes what the server calls itself (i.e. reverse DNS), but it doesn't change how the rest of the world sees the server nor the domain.
(In other ...
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How to SSH to IPv6 only VPS if my ISP only supports IPv4?
You're going to need a service "on the outside" who can route you through to the IPv6 address you need. Luckily, there are several free IPv4 to IPv6 gateways or tunnels:
Tunnel Broker - A personal ...
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Convert ISO image to VHD
Yes, but remember that .iso images are primarily for CD/DVDs, which use a different boot mechanism from regular disks.
If you have a "hybrid CD+USB" .iso image (like many Linux distributions provide),...
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Strange line on apache2 error log
I don't have the file n23.php nor infos.php on my /var/www dir, what could it be?
These are likely automated web attacks. These are often random in the sense that there are tools that will try a list ...
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How should I fill the nameserver field when I try to buy a domain?
DNS domains have nameservers for the same purpose as websites have webservers – to store the domain information and respond to clients' DNS queries.
Specifically, the nameservers store a table of DNS &...
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How can I have very large files/directories copied from one host to another "offline"?
I strongly suggest you take a look at using the rsync command. The rsync command is useful because it can easily resume transfers. Rsync by default operates over a SSH transport, you simply need the ...
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How can I have very large files/directories copied from one host to another "offline"?
I believe this should solve the problem:
nohup scp -r big-folder remote-machine:/home/user/ &
This command starts the copy process and will continue copying after you log off.
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Need help explaining VPS infastructure situation
Your VPS is already running in a VM. Depending on the hypervisor type it's likely it is not possible due to the way x86 virtualization works (x86 doesn't support "nesting" hypervisors - the ...
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Domain to VPS Setup
Namecheap offers DNS, you can set your IP of the server to an A record in there control panel
Regarding your email you can setup MX records too. Though in the server configuration you may need to ...
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Why can't I use a specified port in /etc/ssh/sshd_config for remote transfers?
I don't believe there's a way to configure the default port for scp, but you can define the port number to be used with the -P flag.
scp -P 9001 user@hostyyz:/path/to/file filetocopy
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Run Windows application in the cloud
Hosted Desktop:
Typically provided via MS RDP or Citrix XenApp into either a managed dedicated server farm or managed multi-tenanted server farm. Most providers have multiple servers and replication ...
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Run Windows application in the cloud
Since you want to run Windows based Application on Cloud, you can choose Windows Azure or Providers who supports Windows OSes ( Rackspace, Liquidweb etc ). Azure supports both Desktop OS ( windows 8 ...
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How do I change/reset permissions ssh debian
I hate to be that guy but there's no real way to fix this.
You've essentially set the entire system to read/write so things that need to execute cannot be executed including the commands that let you ...
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Run OpenVPN client on VPS
The problem is that the default gateway gets changed by OpenVPN, and that breaks your current SSH connection unless you set up appropriate routes before you start OpenVPN.
For a solution that uses ...
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Keep processes active after logging out of RDP
First thing you do is type 'control userpasswords2' in the run dialogue (Win+R) and make normal login automatic.
Secondly, if you are using RDP - just close the RDP window - do not logout. The ...
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Being ddos-ed or my VPS has been compromised?
While you can't gain a lot of information from the output of iftop, that server is connecting to a number of mail servers.
If you're not expecting to be sending emails, then the server is compromised ...
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New restricted user on VPS : need to reinstall everything?
You installed Node using NVM (Node Version Manager). That means it's indeed local to the user.
NVM is great for development, but not so great for production deployments. Instead, you should install ...
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How do I hide my public IP when using a DDNS
harrymc’s answer already has the “does it make sense” angle covered. So I will answer the technical side!
Simply put your WireGuard server on the VPS, done! No dynamic DNS needed, only regular DNS, ...
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Can I access a remote VPS's 127.0.0.1 via proxy?
The ssh utility can be used to forward individual TCP ports. A command such as the following:
ssh -L 8080:127.0.0.1:80 user@your-vps
will listen for TCP connections on port 8080 of the local system. ...
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DNS and virtual hosting in Amazon Lightsail issue
The site seems to be working from my home. Without any changes I get the following:
You might be running into DNS caching issues. The problem could resolve itself in 24 hours as the caches will ...
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How to point domain to VPS when A Records are not available
The crux of the issue is that domain registration is different to domain delegation (dns) service - although many providers do both.
It appears your domain provider is only offering registration ...
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DNS Settings for Website and Mail Server
Fix your entry for "naked domain" A record.
Without "the trailing dot" it is A rekord for mydomain.com.mydomain.com..
WRONG
mydomain.com 86400 IN A 123.456.789.20
Corrected:
mydomain.com. 86400 IN A ...
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How do I change/reset permissions ssh debian
It's been said that there's really no proper fix for this, but it's almost doable given a rescue environment.
As with all recovery operations, you should do what you can to make sure you have a ...
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