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Latest revision as of 15:49, 16 September 2012
System administration
This page is a placeholder, or under current development; it is here principally to establish the logical framework of the site. The material on this page is correct, but incomplete.
Administering a Unix (Linux) server is not that hard and many help resources are available. The worst that can happen is that you can lose your data[1]. Keep your backups up to date.
Related Pages
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Introductory reading
Contents
Security
- resource: http://www.nsa.gov
- resource: http://www.cisecurity.org
- resource: https://www.owasp.org/
- Encrypt all your data in transit
- Remove unneccessary applications and disable unneeded features
- Understand and implement the Principle of Least privilege
- Use hardening scripts: eg Bastille (http://bastillelinux.sourceforge.net)
- Harden apache http://xianshield.org/guides/apache2.0guide.html
- Be aware of your connections
- Log everything and protect the logs
Notes
- ↑ Well, maybe worse: someone could steal your password(s), install a keystroke logger, and/or capture your bank-account login information.
Further reading and resources
