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| Posted by PandaEyes, 11-15-2010, 11:29 PM |
| I recently purchased a VPS. I had to choice of OpenSuse 11.1, Debian 5.0, CentOS 5.0, and Fedora 11. As Debian seems to be the latest version, and I have used Ubuntu before, I went with that. Would you agree I made the right choice?
I have installed Plesk on this VPS but I would assume that by default the server and plesk isn't secure / hardened?
Can anyone recommend some good tutorials for securing and hardening my new server?
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| Posted by YagHost-Ravi, 11-15-2010, 11:31 PM |
| this might help you;
http://www.cpanel.net/2007/06/10-tip...re-secure.html
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| Posted by PandaEyes, 11-16-2010, 12:02 AM |
| Thats aimed at cPanel servers though isn't it?
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| Posted by madaboutlinux, 11-16-2010, 06:39 AM |
| Yes, but most of the points stated in the URL can be implemented in any combination of OS and control panel. BTW, if you are looking to use Plesk, opt for CentOS as it makes things easy (stay with Debian if you are very familiar with it).
You can implement points like 1,2,3,4,8,9,10 on your server + installing Mod_Security. Use CSF firewall which keeps you updated with all the activities on the server.
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| Posted by funkywizard, 11-17-2010, 09:52 PM |
| for security purposes, debian is probably as good as your other options. The hard work in securing a server comes after installing the basic operating system, however.
There have been some recent kernel exploits out for 64 bit kernel, so if you're using 64 bit, make sure to update your kernel if it's a default install.
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| Posted by hkrental, 11-24-2010, 07:33 AM |
| Just a personal experience that, CentOS is more stable then Ubuntu to be used as Web/FTP/Mail and DNS Server, especially when you have installed Plesk in it
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| Posted by jebra, 11-24-2010, 11:00 AM |
| what about webmin and virtual min?
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| Posted by kevinnivek, 11-24-2010, 11:41 AM |
| the most secure vps is one without any control panel
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| Posted by CoderJosh, 11-26-2010, 11:49 PM |
| That's true, whatever control panel you choose, it will add further potential security flaws.
At the very least, do some basic hardening (most of it is unrelated to the control panel, but some control panels like cPanel can do some of the hardening automatically) and keep both your server and your control panel up to date.
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