Ubuntu / Linux Questions

ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
edited October 2006 in Science & Tech
Hey, I have Ubuntu (Dapper drake) installed on my slightly older system (Athlon xp2700+ 512Mb) and want to secure it via whatever means nessasary.

I know little to nothing about linux, but the only way to learn is to play and ask questions.

Anyone have any recomendations as to utilities, firewalls, antivirus progies, and such?

The purpose of this system is to be a networked backup system/file system.

THANKS!!!:cheers:

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited October 2006
    Well I'd suggest setuping up Shorewall for your firewall unless you really want to get in deep and start messing around with IP tables. Make sure any password you use is a strong password and make sure that any time you are allowing access through it you specify the port and don't leave it as *

    Easiest way to set all that up is to install webmin - but don't do it through apt-get. Go to http://www.webmin.com/ and dl it and install it that way so you are assured of the latest versions.

    Also dissable telnet and enable sshd, but block root from being able to sshd into it. You should also enable the root account so you are working in root and not using sudo for everything.
  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    If you are behind a router you really don't need a software firewall or anything. The router will take care of that assuming you have its built in firewall enabled.

    Ubuntu, in itself, is really secure already. As long as you keep it up to date you should be fine. It isn't like windows where you have to worry about being exploited all the time haha.
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