[sllug-members]: Fedora Core 5 help wanted

[mark.k.spute at l-3com.com]

Hello Everyone.

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I am looking for some extensive help with a new workstation cum server box.
I have already installed Fedora Core 5, and now I need some help setting up
the security settings etc.  It has never been connected to the internet, and
I want to make sure it is secure before I do.

My plan for the box is to be my home workstation and my web/mail server.

My next steps after the security settings are as follows:

Connect to the internet.
Run Yum Update to update all installed software.
Install Bind (named) in a chroot jail and secure it.
Install the following servers and secure them:
     Apache
     some kind of secure FTP program
     Samba
     SendMail
     some kind of IMAP server (Cyrus?)
Then I want to install the following application software:
     Bluefish
     Gimp
     Lyx
     SpamAsassin
     FireFox
     Thunderbird
     Webmin
     Webalyzer
     some kind of spam poisoner
     OpenOffice
     Mambo or Joomla or equivalent content management system
     WP for Linux (I have an old caldera disk - If this is possible.)

I'm pretty paranoid about security.  I still don't know enough about Linux
to tell if my system has been compromised, so I want to make sure it's as
hard to compromise as possible.  Also, I'm worried about my sendmail system
being taken over.  I want to set it up so it sends mail from my machine
directly, and I want to be able to log in to my e-mail via emap to check and
delete mail during the day.  I get tons of spam, and I would like something
like spamassasin to help get rid of all the junk mail - Thunderbird just
doesn't seem to be able to handle it anymore.

I'm thinking most of this will be done little by little over a several week
period (2 to 3 weeks) and could even be set up to be done remotely.
However, what do I know.  Maybe the whole thing could be done in a few hours
for someone who really knows what they are doing.


I can pay you a little, or I can ply you with pizza and Pepsi.

Mark

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