Aside from the "centers" Joe mentioned, there were and are some books that give quite a good overview of all the components, services and config files that take part in GNU/Linux security.
I read these 2 a long while back, so you might want to check if either have been updated or search for other "hardening" Linux books: - Real World Linux® Security -- Intrusion Prevention, Detection, and Recovery, 2nd Edition (2002) - Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition (2003) Andri On Jun 27, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Joe Wulf wrote: > The issue is far bigger than just doing a few things to close your system up. > How valuable is your system for the 'mission' it provides? What about your > data? What backup and/or disaster recovery processes have you prepared? > > I'd actively migrate to a more recent edition of the OS, and put processes in > place to keep patches updated. > There are a number of places to get hardening guidance... YMMV. There is the > Center for Internet Security, DISA and NIST. Those are pretty good starting > point. > > From: Dov-el <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:36 PM > Subject: my fedora 13 machine has been cracked > > Someone has broken into my fedora 13 machine. Aside from closing unused > ports on the firewall and router and disabling unused services, what should I > be doing to harden my set up? Tripwire? AIDE? What else? Thanks in > advance! > > -- > security mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/security > > -- > security mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/security
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