Securing Fedora Core 2

[Bruce Marshall]

On Saturday 30 October 2004 12:48 pm, Chong Yu Meng 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?
>
> Thanks in Advance !

Another link to check:

http://shorewall.sourceforge.net/shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm

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