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Grant wrote: |
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>> > It has come to my attention that a particular person I know may be |
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>> > intent on attacking my server/website in any way possible. He doesn't |
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>> > know much about Linux but does know Windows. What kind of things |
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>> > should I lock down to protect my remote hosted server? I don't have |
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>> > time to get too crazy with security right now, but what kinds of |
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>> > simple tricks might this fellow learn by asking around on forums, etc? |
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>> I assuming your server is a web host and it only is using port 80 |
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>> (http) traffic. |
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> I do log in via ssh (port 22 I think) and it's also a mail server. |
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> How can I check which ports are open? Does shorewall handle that? |
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This is my theory. If you can, install webmin and shorewall. You can |
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use webmin to configure shorewall from what I have read. Basically you |
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want to block all but what you need to keep open, including ssh. |
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Hope that helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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