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Protect a server against brute force attacks

​Having emphasized on the need for more complex passwords, which, while difficult to remember, are harder to crack. And while most people set complex passwords for the login pages of the scripts they are using, they keep forgetting that they should start from the top – with the main account password for their  shared web hosting  account and the root password for their  Dedicated Server  or  VPS  container. When you are using a shared web hosting account, you rarely have to worry about server-level protection – this is being handled by your web hosting company. However, if you are running a server for which you have full root access, it’s time to take a deeper interest in online security. And the first step is to devise a very strong root password. A root password is the main password for the server. Since most servers use the default “root” username, a hacker will only have to guess the password. A common attac...