22

I'm working on a guide focused on securing Linux servers and I'd like to ask you what your essential hardening techniques and tips are? Your feedback would be greatly appreciated

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] cron@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Not a full list, just some ideas for personal servers.

  • Make sure that only the services are exposed that you want to have exposed. For example, a webserver with PHP and mariadb probably does not need to have mariadb reachable from the network.
  • Check the default config of all the programs you install. The default is often not the most secure option.
  • Have secure authentication on every service on the server. Change all the default passwords.
  • DO NOT disable security features like selinux.
  • Document your setup, the specific changes you made and make and test backups.

Please be aware that the requirements in a business environment might be different.

this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
22 points (100.0% liked)

cybersecurity

3231 readers
1 users here now

An umbrella community for all things cybersecurity / infosec. News, research, questions, are all welcome!

Community Rules

Enjoy!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS