Re: server security

[Rowland Onobrauche <rowland.onobrauche () alphadex co uk>]

Hi.

Mod_security, mod_defensible or mod_access_dnsbl might be additional options for you.

On 20 Jun 2012, at 18:47, "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler () tysdomain com> wrote:

> Hello:
> I have a couple questions. First, I'll explain what I did:
> I set up iptables and removed all unwanted services. Iptables blocks 
> everything, then only opens what it wants. I also use the addrtype 
> module to limit broadcast and unspec addresses, etc. I also do some 
> malformed packet work where I just drop everything that looks malformed 
> (mainly by the flags).
> 2) I secured ssh: blocked root logins, set it up so only users in the 
> sshusers group can connect, and set it only to allow ppk.
> 3) I installed aid.
> 4) disabled malformed packets and forwarding/etc in sysctl.
> This is a basic web server that runs email, web and a couple other 
> things. It's only running on a linode512, so I don't have the ability to 
> set up a ton of stuff; I also think that would make things more of a 
> mess. What else would be recommended?
> Also, I'm looking to add something to the web server; sometimes I notice 
> that there are a lot of requests from people scanning for common urls 
> like wordpress/phpbb3/etc, what kind of preventative measures exist for 
> this?
>
>
> -- 
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> Ty
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install and use a thawte Digital Certificate on your Apache web server. Throughout, best practices for set-up are 
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