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Secure memcached server to avoid DDoS amplification attacks

last updated March 5, 2018 in Categories Linux, Security, UNIX

I am worried that my Memcached server used for DDoS amplification attacks. How do I secure Memcached server on Linux or Unix-like system to avoid an attacker to exploit my Memcached services as an amplification vector, causing unexpected volumes of traffic to be sent to targeted networks?
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RHEL / CentOS 6 Linux Install Memcached High Performance Distributed Memory Object Cache Server

last updated March 31, 2017 in Categories CentOS, Package Management, RedHat and Friends

How do I install memcached server under Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS Linux version6.x server running on IBM hardware to cache query for my php/perl/python based apps?

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memcached: Failed To Set rlimit For Open Files Error and Solution

last updated October 11, 2011 in Categories CentOS, RedHat and Friends, Troubleshooting

I‘m using RHEL 6 / CentOS 6.x and install the memcached server. However, whey I try to start the server using service memcached start command, I get the following error:

Starting memcached: failed to set rlimit for open files. Try running as root or requesting smaller maxconns value. [FAILED]

How do I fix this problem?

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WordPress Install Memcached Object Cache Plugin To Speed Up Blog

last updated September 13, 2010 in Categories PHP

How do I install memcached cache plugin under UNIX / Linux to speed up my dynamic database-driven wordpress blog by caching data and objects in RAM to reduce the number of times an external data source must be read?

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Redhat / CentOS Install Memcached Caching System

last updated October 19, 2009 in Categories CentOS, Linux, Monitoring, Networking, RedHat and Friends, SELinux, Storage

How do I install memcached a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / Redhat Linux?

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