One of the most common areas in Linux that gets overlooked during a production deployment is overall security. Specifically, the hardening of the operating system against common exploits (and hardening can encompass both policy and configuration for both internal and external use). We are going to talk about some common ways to protect our server from both the inexperienced as well as the malicious users it will be exposed to.
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