[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Friends,
I have recently taken up a dedicated server for webhosting (redhat 9.0 with webmin as the control panel). I want to secure it from hackers etc.
I think you mean you want to secure your server against cracker and script kiddies. This article should clear your ideas http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-authors/philip/docs/hackers-not-crackers.html
If you can afford it, try to get an ensim/plesk control panel. They will make your task much easier. (Note: i have no connection to either one of them)
Also tell me that apart from keeping the servers applications updated (by the command apt-get upgrade) is there any other thing i should do.
At the very least run the Linux hardening script bastille http://www.bastille-linux.org/
About your firewall problem, have a look at these articles
http://linuxgazette.net/105/odonovan.html
http://linuxgazette.net/103/murray.html --> much recommended as a starting point
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