How to Protect Your Website from Bots, Scrapers, and Automated Threats in 2026

Greetings, friends!According to network traffic statistics, internet background noise is composed of more than 50% automated system activity. While you work on optimizing conversion rates and refining...

Deploying Your Own Private Proxy Server: HTTP (Squid) vs SOCKS5 (Dante) on Ubuntu 24.04

Greetings, friends!In 2026, public free proxy lists have permanently turned into a dangerous trap. Aggregators of publicly accessible addresses are filled with malicious nodes that not only constantly...

Setting Up Your Own RTMP Streaming Server on VPS: Nginx + Ubuntu 24.04

Greetings, friends!In 2026, video streaming has long surpassed standard gaming broadcasts and casual blogging. Professional video content production, private corporate broadcasts, censorship-free onli...

Why Your Business Needs a Dedicated Static IP Address: Security, Control, and Stability in 2026

Greetings, friends!When you connect internet to an office or set up remote access for employees, providers often offer an additional service: a "Dedicated Static IP Address." For someone far from syst...

Safe Linux Updates: Configuring Automatic Security Patches on Ubuntu 24.04 Without Crashing Production

Greetings, friends!Among system administrators and DevOps engineers, there is an old joke: "If the server is running stably, don't touch it—and absolutely never type apt upgrade before the weekend."...