I'm thinking of setting up a VPS server for a django satchmo store with slicehost or linode. The only problem is that I don't know the amount of work needed to maintain the system secure. I think I will only have a webserver and database running which should be easier to maintain then a system running many services. I'm thinking of using http://editdns.net/ for DNS and google business email service http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html I will also need to run a mailing list for store mailings. Hopefully it will play well with google email.
How do people keep informed of security issues? I know there are security mailing lists out there. Do you know of any that you can select only the software being used on your system? What would be awesome and maybe is already out there, is to get security info automatically, based on the packages installed. I know there is a pop up thing on *ubuntu gnome/kde/xfce but I don't know if something like that exists for a server without X window A quick google search did not return any results. Maybe I could make apt-get run from cron every 12hours but if the install messes up I won't know if everything is working. Or maybe I can get email notifications from failures. Or maybe there is a better software package to manage this out there Any ideas and tips on how to keep a system updated with the minimum amount of work is appreciated :o) Unfortunately Its been a while since I was able to attend to a LUG meeting. I missed most of the LUG security related meetings... Does anyone have exerience with linode? I appreciate any other ideas and suggestions anyone might have Thanks Orion _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 3 - Lightning Talks & Swap Session
