OpenVPN – A Custom Iptables journey

During this lockdown period, people are usually working from home which means they all are contributing to work by staying at home. So, if someone wants to work on something online, such as on a particular private or public server of a company, depending on the scenario, will need a network route to that server.

makes sense?

Meaning, they first need access to that particular server either via a public network or using VPN. These things have their own set of complexities. Therefore, we will discuss a few aspects of network access & their drawbacks:

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AWS IAM: Security edition [part-2]

In the last blog, we covered a few and important security practices of AWS IAM but unfortunately, we didn’t cover many security options. So, we bring to you another AWS IAM blog. This blog covers the other remaining and also the important AWS IAM security options. So, it’s time to wear your ironman suit and get started with security edition part-2 [ The endgame ]. Here we go!

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AWS IAM: Security edition [Part-1]

In the last blog, we talked about AWS IAM challenges usually encountered while setting it up. We also talked about AWS IAM best practices which help us understand why there is a need for multiple options & practices through which we can satisfy our needs. When we talk about AWS IAM, there is an important term called security which plays an important role while setting up AWS IAM. We covered lots of approaches which generally are not related to AWS IAM security. We bring to you this blog that covers many aspects of security related to AWS IAM.

This blog will help you understand multiple options provided by AWS IAM through which we can set up secured infrastructure. Most of the options provided by AWS IAM are also covered as security best practices. Let’s explore some of the options.

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AWS IAM: Best practices [ part 2 ]

In the last blog, we discussed some approaches and best practices. You can even consider some of these. Well, that was just the beginning and there are even more. Let’s dive into other approaches while configuring & managing AWS IAM.

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AWS IAM: Best practices [Part 1]

In the last blog, we talked about why proper management is important for AWS IAM which is not only related to security but also paves an appropriate way of handling things.

Now we’ll discuss some approaches to manage IAM, how these approaches/practices will affect access management and by using an example, we will also discuss how we can include these practices in the existing or new setup. Let’s jump into these approaches and discuss these practices one by one.

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