[sllug-members]: Fedora Core 5 help wanted

[Mark K. Spute]

thanks!

James Helsby wrote:
> 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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>>
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