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Flavio’s TechnoTalk: Hardening Linux: A 10 Step Approach to a Secure Server

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 17, 2005

[ 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…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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