Apache: How to Disable the SSL v3 Protocol on Debian

To prevent POODLE (“Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption”) attach which is a man-in-the-middle exploit that takes advantage of SSL3.0 vulnerability it is necessary to disable SSLv3 in your web server configuration.

To check if you are vulnerable to this attack you can use the form on following website:

https://www.digicert.com/help/ Continue reading “Apache: How to Disable the SSL v3 Protocol on Debian”

Configure SSH client to keep connection alive in Linux

To keep SSH connection alive you must edit your ~/.ssh/config file (if the file does not exist create it) and enter the following on top of the file:

Host *
ServerAliveInterval 60

First line applies this config to all hosts (*), and the second one is interval when to send keepalive packets in seconds (60).