A gentle reminder please :) On 20/02/2012 12:06 AM, Wuxi Ixuw wrote: > I am new to Linux so I do not have any special preferences. > Yes I have a root access and the VPS is un managed. > I am newbie to the Linux world. > I will have a new website or maybe 3. > I've found that un managed costs vary a lot, as I've found various > ways for settings ... some using Xen, others using OpenVZ, and other > using Virtuozzo and I found that it all vary regarding Ram allocations > for each VPS. > Also afraid to stuck with some over sell VPS as I had it before with > shared hosting. > For un managed hosting VPS will it be easy to secure the server from > being hacked? or it is an impossible job for a newbie guy like me? > Also for later on regarding updates or patching ... will it be good as > well or not? > Finally I've found most people using Ubuntu server LTS, so do you > advise of using it or any other distribution? > I've read a lot of reviews that most are advising for using CentOS or > Debian, but I've found the majority are already using Ubuntu server. > Thanks and too much appreciated your time reading and value your inputs. > > Note: > After a lot of reading I've found that the steps should be as follow: > (the funny thing that I've read and know what I should do but each > time I am trying to run a command using PUTTY I get an error) > - change root password to a secure one. > - create another user with admin access with a strong password as well. > - disable root remotely access. > - use secure connection to the VPS by using PUTTY key instead of > username and password login . > - change the port to a high one with unusual figure like 26127 or any > else > - disable ftp and use another secure one. > - install a fire wall, CSF firewall and Mod_security or anything else > equal or more. > - keep the whole thing up-to-date. > - secure the whole VPS as much as possible. > - finally use a trusted script on the website and his why I will use > Drupal (mostly the core ones and nothing else without any modules). > > This is what I've got so far from reading many tutorials and still get > a lot of errors when I follow them (howtoforge.com) is one of the > famous websites I've visited. > > Sorry for being long ... But I am really hope if you here be able to > help or guide me. > > - Late Edit - > I've forget to mention that some steps I've forget to mention are: > - using back ed control panel (like ISP config, VirtualMin) is > facilitating the task but make VPS less secure, so using the command .