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News: Host Security 12/16/2000 20:24

Securing Linux: Part 2

FreeOS
Posted By: Dave Wreski
12/16/2000

This second article in the series takes you through TCP wrappers, OpenSSH, disabling unnecessary services and better monitoring of system activity by using unique log files to monitor specific information. Welcome back to an exciting odyssey in making your Linux box more secure. In the previous article we dealt with various issues like BIOS security passwords, securing your LILO prompt with a password, restricting the use of "setuid" and "setgid" programs etc. We also dealt with common user habits that compromise security on networks as well as some other aspects of securing your Linux installation.


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