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- [Guide Objective](#guide-objective) - [Guide Objective](#guide-objective)
- [Why Secure Your Server](#why-secure-your-server) - [Why Secure Your Server](#why-secure-your-server)
- [Why Yet Another Guide](#why-yet-another-guide) - [Why Yet Another Guide](#why-yet-another-guide)
- [Official Guides](#official-guides) - [Other Guides](#official-guides)
- [To Do / To Add](#to-do--to-add) - [To Do / To Add](#to-do--to-add)
- [Guide Overview](#guide-overview) - [Guide Overview](#guide-overview)
- [About This Guide](#about-this-guide) - [About This Guide](#about-this-guide)
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### 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. - 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
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### 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://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
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