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How to secure your Linux server

 

A server is made up of so many different components that makes it hard to offer one solution for everyone's needs. This articles tries to cover some useful tips and tricks to help you keep your server and users protected.

 

No doubt improving server security is one of the most important things system administrators should always look for. This of course has been a topic of many different articles, blogs and forum threads.

 

A server is made up of so many different components that makes it hard to offer one solution for everyone’s needs. This articles tries to cover some useful tips and tricks to help you keep your server and users protected.

 

The trivial stuff

 

There are a few things that every system administrator should know and there is no way to talk about security without mentioning:

  • Keep your system up to date
  • Change passwords frequently – use numeric, alphabetical and non-alphabetical symbols
  • Give users the minimum permissions they need to do their job.
  • Install only packages that you really need

Here comes the more interesting part:

 

Change default SSH port

 

The first thing that I would like to change when setting up a new server is the default SSH port. This simple change can save your server from thousands of brute force attempts...........

http://www.linuxveda...e-linux-server/

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