[sllug-members]: Fedora Core 5 help wanted

[James Helsby]

A good place to start, if you are wanting to do it all yourself is here. 
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_fedora_core_5

Should guide you through most of the setup and security necessary, 
including how to configure your firewalls and ClamAV for virus scanning.

Cheers, and good luck.
JH

mark.k.spute at l-3com.com wrote:
> Hello Everyone.
>
> <Newbie Alert>
>
> 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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