How to secure the VPS before install VirtualMin

w7u64xi7
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Posted: Fri, 2012-03-16 06:51

Hello How to really well secure the VPS before I go for installing the VirtualMin? I am on CentOS 6 32x.

Howdy, Your Linux setup

andreychek
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Posted: Fri, 2012-03-16 09:38

Howdy,

Your Linux setup should be secure by default.

There's some details on that here:

http://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/security/faq

Thanks a lot, and I will

w7u64xi7
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Posted: Fri, 2012-03-16 11:01

Thanks a lot, and I will check them in details.

Since you will use a PHP

ronald
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Posted: Fri, 2012-03-16 14:20

Since you will use a PHP based website like Drupal, you may be interested in http://phpsec.org/
This is to secure your box when using php based scripts.
You can download and install on your box and then run the script. It will show you the weaknesses so you can repair them.

Is it to be installed before

w7u64xi7
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Posted: Fri, 2012-03-16 14:43

Is it to be installed before or after Drupal?

It would appear this phpsec

Locutus
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Posted: Fri, 2012-03-16 21:06

It would appear this phpsec website has not been updates in 5 years?

Ah, i was referring to this

ronald
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Posted: Sat, 2012-03-17 03:12

Ah, i was referring to this tool http://phpsec.org/projects/phpsecinfo/
It can give insights to improvements on the server.
I would upload the script after creating a domain on the box and run it in its environment.

to see a live example http://izihost.eu/phpsec/