5 steps to secure your Linux server
How would you ensure security of your production Linux Server? Should you can be happy with default configuration there in place or there’s are things which we must implement for enhancing security aspects? Of course, Yes. Here I’m writing 5 steps which I usually take to tighten security in Server. This doesn’t means these are Best thing you can do or You don’t need to do anything else. There are many ways and remember securing your Server is a never ending process, So keep an eye open and check your Server regularly.
Step 1. Disable direct root access.
Login should be allowed using simple/wheel user and then from there you can switch to root or use sudo to execute commands under root privileges. Let’s disable direct root login:
Login should be allowed using simple/wheel user and then from there you can switch to root or use sudo to execute commands under root privileges. Let’s disable direct root login:
