On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at 02:20 AM, Blacknight Solutions wrote:
At 21.51 01/10/2002 -0700, you wrote:To make it more secure from internet malices/ hackers, can any body have guidelines to follow.If you do a search in this list's archives, or those of http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ you will find some good pointers on server security. As a general rule turning off services that you don't need and closing unneeded ports is a good start.Don't give out shell accounts unless you trust the user There's a lot of other small little things you can do ...
<http://www.average.org/cobalt/quick-security-guide.html> gives you a good checklist to start with. Bear in mind that it's just a start, security is something you always have to keep an eye on because the crackers are trying to find ways around the walls you put up.
pjm