Re: Securing Fedora Core 4

lars_at_levonline.com
Date: 09/23/05

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    Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:36:39 +0200 (CEST)
To: AragonX <aragonx@dcsnow.com>

    On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, AragonX wrote:
    > I am trying develop a method to secure my servers. I'll list the steps I
    > am going to take. Can you please review and make any additional
    > suggestions. Thank you.

    My five cents.

    - Keep things simple!
    - Keep your servers updated (yum, up2date, apt or whatever works on your
      linux-distribution).
    - And keep your servers updated!! (this is simple and does magic).
    - Remove the suid bit from any suids you don't need.

    Regards

    /Lars

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