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SUID permissions - Which is correct?

Trying to secure a Linux server and have little experience with SUID. After executing find / -perm +4000 many programs were discovered. I have seen conflicting advice here and hereon what should ...
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how to require sudo to view files?

I have a ssh server. I allow people to connect to it if they want. I do my programming homework on it. I am in trouble with my teacher because people were cheating off it. I need to know how to ...
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Intruder nature detection by opensource tools like tripwire

I want to use different kind of intrusion detection tools like OpenSource Tripwire. Please suggest me some tools which can provide me some additional information to that provided by tripwire? ...
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Steps to secure your server? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What to use to harden Linux box? Apparmor, SELinux, grsecurity, SMACK, chroot? I'm just completed install my web server. So what should i do to secure it? I just ...
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Automatic security updates on Debian squeeze server

For a production Debian squeeze server, what are the best practices or recommendations for handling security updates? I have seen various articles on cron-apt, apticron, unattended-updates, apt cron ...
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What commands should be run when retiring a remotely hosted server?

I have a dedicated server from a friendly host located a substantial distance away from me, so the only access to the machine is SSH. It's a month to month deal, so I don't own the hardware. I'm ...
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How to secure a non-ssl http server? [closed]

I have a program (motion) that serves a web page showing a live camera feed. I want to make that feed available via internet, but using SSL and a certificate so the feed can only be seen by those that ...
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How to secure CentOS and FreeBSD by disabling USB ports and VGA output on-site?

Is it possible to disable USB ports and CDRom and VGA output in the Dell R310 from CentOS or FreeBSD (without BIOS)? A demo server is running in a customer test laboratory, where they can simply get ...
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Does SELinux provide enough extra security to be worth the hassle of learning/setting it up?

I recently installed Fedora 14 on my home pc and have been working on setting up different server related features such as apache, mysql, ftp, vpn, ssh, etc. I ran extremely quickly in to a barrier ...