From 4514aefe04f9c765d4e24981731ff2cdd25dc860 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: IMTheNachoMan Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 14:21:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b38ddbd..24f0817 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ An evolving how-to guide for securing a Linux server that, hopefully, also teach - [Guide Objective](#guide-objective) - [Why Secure Your Server](#why-secure-your-server) - [Why Yet Another Guide](#why-yet-another-guide) - - [Official Guides](#official-guides) + - [Other Guides](#official-guides) - [To Do / To Add](#to-do--to-add) - [Guide Overview](#guide-overview) - [About This Guide](#about-this-guide) @@ -93,12 +93,18 @@ IT automation tools like [Ansible](https://www.ansible.com/), [Chef](https://www ([Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)) -### Official Guides +### Other Guides -There are many official guides provided by industry leaders and the distributions themselves. It is not practical, and sometimes against copyright, to include everything from those guides. I advise you to also check those guides. +There are many guides provided by experts, industry leaders, and the distributions themselves. It is not practical, and sometimes against copyright, to include everything from those guides. -- For distribution specific hardening/security guides, check your distributions documentation. - The [Center for Internet Security (CIS)](https://www.cisecurity.org/) provides [benchmarks](https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-benchmarks/) that are exhaustive, industry trusted, step-by-step instructions for securing many flavors of Linux. Check their [About Us](https://www.cisecurity.org/about-us/) for details. I personally go through their guides first and then finish it off with what I have in this guide. +- For distribution specific hardening/security guides, check your distributions documentation. +- https://security.utexas.edu/os-hardening-checklist/linux-7 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Hardening Checklist +- https://cloudpro.zone/index.php/2018/01/18/debian-9-3-server-setup-guide-part-1/ - # Debian 9.3 server setup guide +- https://blog.vigilcode.com/2011/04/ubuntu-server-initial-security-quick-secure-setup-part-i/ - Ubuntu Server Initial Security guide +- https://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html +- https://seifried.org/lasg/ +- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19178964 ([Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)) @@ -2227,12 +2233,9 @@ For any questions, comments, concerns, feedback, or issues, submit a [new issue] ([Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)) -### Additional References +### Helpful Links - [https://github.com/pratiktri/server_init_harden](https://github.com/pratiktri/server_init_harden) - Bash script that automates few of the tasks that you need to perform on a new Linux server to give it basic amount security. -- https://security.utexas.edu/os-hardening-checklist/linux-7 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Hardening Checklist -- https://cloudpro.zone/index.php/2018/01/18/debian-9-3-server-setup-guide-part-1/ - # Debian 9.3 server setup guide -- https://blog.vigilcode.com/2011/04/ubuntu-server-initial-security-quick-secure-setup-part-i/ - Ubuntu Server Initial Security guide ([Table of Contents](#table-of-contents))