Re: Secure host newbie

[Xilo Musimene <xilopublic1 () ca inter net>]

> Don't expect to be an expert on specific topics such as 
> iptables/apache/ect.
> The linux 2.4 firewalling, and the apache daemon are both complex entities.
> Even tho you can read a lot about them in a few days, I find you need to 
> grow
> accustomed to them. Both have a whole lot op options, security settings,
> and of course best practices to follow.

I expect to be as careful as possible with these topics.  Once I'll have 
a firewall I'll most probably ask you guys if my rules set is good...

> Furthermore, I would _NOT_ recommend using any non-commercial Redhat 
> version
> on a production machine. As mentioned before, Redhat stopped (will stop) 
> support
> for the non-commercial Redhat.
> Vanilla Redhat 7.3 is exploitable in many ways. I personally like 
> Slackware,
> but any distro that has an eye for security/support/ect will do.

Please stop telling me RedHat 7.3 is a bad choice, I have no control 
over what distribution is installed.

All I can do is try to secure it myself.

Thanks,
  Simon


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