My First 5 Minutes On A Server; Or, Essential Security for Linux Servers

March 9 2013, 4:39pm

A quick security checklist for setting up a new server by Bryan Kennedy.

My security philosophy is simple: adopt principles that will protect you from the most frequent attack vectors, while keeping administration efficient enough that you won’t develop “security cruft”.

Great discussion and other tips here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5316093