Security measures for CentOS
- by cappuccinodrinker
I have been tightening up my web server security and wanted to know what else I can do.
I am running CentOS 5 with these measures:
- All passwords to FTP, MySQL etc are generated from grc.com/passwords.htm and microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/create.aspx (for the ones which cannot be too long).
- Running iptables with all ports shut off except for http mail and smtp, the important ports like FTP SSH are blocked to all except my static office IP. There is also no response to pings.
- Rootkit Hunter running daily
- The server is PCI compliant according to Comodo
- Not running any crappy made php apps, we use Zend Framework for our stuff and do have kayako installed and keep them up to date.
Can't really think of anything else I can do... I could implement a brute force measure, but I think I already have by simply changing my SSH port to a number above 10000 and blocking it off with iptables.
