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| author | Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> | 2021-08-29 16:47:53 -0400 |
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| committer | Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> | 2021-08-29 16:47:53 -0400 |
| commit | 208d31af3e0cd8141aa27ef02695f388ecd352fb (patch) | |
| tree | ea71a5499758ba19a30435f906ede706557c8d06 /nginx.html | |
| parent | 91b729ac5b9efee4e8b84c853a1a84cdadb60660 (diff) | |
hide nginx tokens
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ <nav></nav> <main> <p>At this point, we should have a domain name and a server and the domain name should direct to the IP address of the server with DNS records. - As I said in previous articles, the instructions I will give will be for <strong>Debian 10</strong>. + As I said in previous articles, the instructions I will give will be for <strong>Debian</strong>. In this article, other distributions might work a little differently.</p> <h2>Logging in to the server</h2> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ </p> </aside> - <h2>Installing the Webserver: NGINX</h2> + <h2>Installing the Webserver: Ngninx</h2> <p> If the program runs without an error, <code>ssh</code> has now logged you into your server. @@ -217,6 +217,16 @@ Port 80 is the canonical webserver port, while 443 is the port used for encrypte We will certainly need that for the next page. </p> +<h2>Nginx security hint</h2> + +<p>By default, Nginx and most other webservers automatically show their version number on error pages. +It's a good idea to disable this from happening because if an exploit comes out for your server software, someone could exploit it. Open the main Nginx config file <code>/etc/nginx/nginx.conf</code> and find the line <code># server_tokens off;</code>. Uncomment it, and reload Nginx. +</p> + +<p> +Remember to <a href="maintenance.html#update">keep your server software up to date</a> to get the latest security fixes! +</p> + <h2>We now have running website!</h2> <p> |
