Hello ,

everyone is "worried" about being hacked or if someone deface his website, and 
everyone try to avoid it
what you should do is the maximum to protect your site this includes :

updating all of your packages installed on the system 
reading alot about securing linux i recommend ( securing and optimizing redhat linux )
it's a very good book that you can read and learn alot from .

regarding the website protection it's a very tricky task as if you configure and 
secure your site
at the best shape , a programmer might forget a little script he made or anything like 
that on the site
that can lead to a site compromise , so you should 1st ) secure your server and 2nd ) 
talk to the programmers
and increase their security awareness , .

tools and books i recommend on :

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/
http://www.webkreator.com/mod_security/download/

and after you configure and fix your site always remove the default documents and 
scripts
from htdocs / cgi-bin / and think of using chroot ;-)

if you want to test your application security after you are done securing it , try " 
Nikto " it's a very good
tool .. link " http://www.cirt.net/code/nikto.shtml "

   Enjoy ;-)




-----Original Message-----
From: CreativeSell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Question for you all


Hi All,

Having just got off an awful php host, my partner and I have decided to get
our own redhat server. However we are slightly apprhhensive about ebing
hacked to pieces. we are keeping up to date with all bugtracks and security
updates...what else can we do?

Olly


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