[ Thanks to Flavio
Villanustre for this link. ]
“The Internet has become a far more dangerous place than it was
20 years ago. Nowadays, Operating System and application security
is an integral part of a server configuration and, while firewalls
are very important, they are not the panacea.“This list of steps is intended as a guideline with a practical
approach. We’ll try to provide a complete picture without getting
into unnecesary details. This list won’t replace a good book on
secure systems administration, but it will be useful as a quick
guide…”