Securing Fedora Core 2

[Bruce Marshall]

On Saturday 30 October 2004 12:56 pm, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:48:35 +0800, Chong Yu Meng
>
> <chongym at cymulacrum.net> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm going to say up-front that I haven't done any reading, and I'm
> > actually looking for something like a StepByStep solution to securing a
> > FC2 web server.
> >
> > I went through an IBM AIX Firewall course way back in 1997, but since
> > then, I have lost touch with firewall configurations and the latest
> > threats and defenses. I have recently inherited a web server running FC2
> > that needs to be locked down, but not so tightly that it can no longer
> > run web applications.
> >
> > Does anyone have any useful hints, tips or links I could look at? And
> > does Sasser affect web servers too? Is the built-in firewall in FC2
> > iptables? What should I be protecting against?
>
> I don't know what FC2 offers builtin, but I would recommend reading up
> on Shorewall, a very simple but effective firewall.

I would recommend shorewall also.   http://shorewall.sourceforge.net

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+ Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         10/30/04 13:41  +
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