Good Security practice on linux?

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Good Security practice on linux?

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Hi,

i would like to know what good security practices people use. im not very advanced in linux. Would anyone beable to tell me some good guides for securing a debian distribution?

thnaks
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Hi,

A good start is to set up a firewall using iptables. Next turn off any services you don't need such as mail, apache, MySql, FTP, etc. Do a google search for how to secure linux. There are lots of things you can do.
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you know a good guide that would show me about iptables?
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a quick google of "linux ip tables" will give you many good rescources..

search those terms and its your first result :roll:

edit | Why not include the link.. I'm a nice guy right? http://www.linuxguruz.com/iptables/howt ... HOWTO.html
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thanks man

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