creating a secure redhat linux box ver. 7.3 robstyle
The following guide is intended to assist in creating a more secure Redhat 7.3 server. It is not the difinitive guide to securing a Redhat server. But it is in my opinion a good start to locking down a box. If security is a real priority, do consider further research and taking some formal training, hardware based firewall, etc. Most of all, do not blame me if you follow my guide and still get hacked. To use this guide you must have the Redhat 7.3 installation disks, a pc with at least 2 gigs of drive space and an internet connection. Excluding the installation section all parts of this guide are performed while logged in as root.

installation

post install updates

remove unnesessary items

startup scripts

tcp-wrappers

tripwire

misc. cleanup

reference:
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs
http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/rhl73.html
http://tldp.org
man pages for all software / commands involved # man commandname

This document was last modified 05/28/2002.