At 11:13 21-9-02 -0400, you wrote: <big snip> >Appreciate any pointers, even on security in general. T.I.A. > > >________________________________________ >David M. Leuser, II >Assistant Network Administrator >New Hampton School >(603) 744-3182 x121 >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi David, What I found very useful was: Securing and Optimizing RedHat Linux. You can find it at: http://www.tldp.org/guides.html An appetizer: <quote> Securing and Optimizing Linux Red Hat Edition - A Hands on Guide version: 1.3 author(s): Gerhard Mourani, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> last update: August 2000 ISBN: 0-9700330-0-1 available formats: HTML (read online) HTML (tarred and gzipped package, 1.5MB) PDF (5MB) other : plain text, PDF, and XML (DocBook) source. Example server configuration files (tar file; described in book as "floppy.tgz"). This book addresses unanswered questions about Linux security and optimization in the marketplace. It is intended for a technical audience and discusses how to install a Red Hat Linux Server with all the necessary security and optimization for a high performance Linux-specific machine. It covers (in detail) several ways to configure security and optimization. Due to a many requests from Linux users, this update includes: a backup section, firewall security approach, Sendmail section, Kernel security and improvement, FTP chrooted configuration and many other changes. This document is indispensable for people that want to get all the advantages, security, and the optimization out of a Linux Server. Additional changes to this version include- OpenSSH has been added, Sendmail 8.10.1, the book is now compatible with Red Hat Linux 6.2. The firewall rules has been reviewed for easy use, more securities tips added, and how to use the new "sysctl.conf" file of RH 6.2. Good luck, Dirk __________________________________ Dirk Schouten Media Action Projects: http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/schoutdi Tools for teachers: http://213.84.240.66 ________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
