Simon Holywell personal blog

Things I set on new servers

simonholywell.com published 2013-04-235 min read

There are a number of things you can do to make a server more secure whilst protecting your hosted entities and their users. Here are just three of the many things I do on every new server I commission. I hasten to add that these are not necessarily the most effective or at the top of my list - they are just that: 3…

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