Re: Hardening CentOS

Florin Iliescu wrote:

Can anybody help me with some procedures to secure a CentOS server? I
am going to use it for receiving files over Internet with SFTP.

Thank you,

Since CentOS is based on RHEL, you can use the NSA Guides:

Hardening Tips for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
http://www.nsa.gov/snac/os/redhat/rhel5-pamphlet-i731.pdf

Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
http://www.nsa.gov/snac/os/redhat/rhel5-guide-i731.pdf

Regards,

Peter

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