Re: Linux Hardening

From: Nick Drage (nickd@demon.net)
Date: 05/23/02 

Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 17:24:44 +0100
From: Nick Drage <nickd@demon.net>
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com, focus-linux@securityfocus.com

On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 12:29:14PM -0400, Fallon, Benjamin wrote:
> Anyone know where I can find step-by-step documentation
> on Hardening RH Linux boxes? I usually just use Bastille
> Linux to do the hardening but I'd also like a better
> understanding to be able to also perform the task manually
> as well.

Do read the Security-HOWTO on www.tldp.org from cover to cover.

Also Lance Spitz's "Armoring Linux", it's a little old but the basic
concepts are worth grasping:

http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/linux.html 

-- 
Nick Drage - Technical Specialist - Security - Demon Internet

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