I been running a linux webserver in the wild open internet since 1996. if you keep your distro uptated and have a strong password you will be fine. remove packages you do not need to further secure your system.
I have Iptabled all of china, russa and a few other places due to loads of attacks but after my one hack in the late 90s i have been hack free. Now if i could eliminate On 12/7/2014 4:24 PM, Tommi wrote: > Hey, > > I am using the BBB for backup (via BTSync, this also gives me some > troubles lately, but that is a different story...). I am thinking of > bringing the BBB to work (at a university) to get a real off-site > backup. However, I am not sure what steps I should take in order to > make sure nobody can access my files there. So my questions are: > > 1) What should I do to make sure it is secure? I think I would even be > happy only to access it via USB and the webserver of BTsync (port 8888) > > 2) What services could I shut off? I don't need the GUI, the > webserver, could probably lock down many ports and other services I do > not even know that they are currently running... > > 3) Potentially I could also hook the BBB to my computer via USB and > share Internet with it. Would that be a more secure option? > > Thanks > Tommi > > Ps: I tried to search the group/internet, but interestingly it seems > not to be a big question out there... > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
