On 05/10/2012 04:56 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have been reading a tutorial on configuring and securing a CentOS 6.2 machine: > http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-centos-6.2-x86_64-with-apache2-ispconfig-3-p3 > > This tutorial bases the configuration on an application called > ISPConfig. I am not sure that I like the idea of disabling the stock > firewall and SELinux as the tutorial suggests, even with all the > troubles that SELinux has given me in the past. What do those wiser > than myself think about this? > > For some background, I will be setting up a rather bland server for > serving a few websites. Thy will all be served via Apache, coded in > PHP. I am concerned about correctly configuring a safe firewall for > the system. So any advice particular to that would be much > appreciated. > In distant past I though of SELinux as burden. Now, I use it on every system I install. Take a look at Virtualmin (GPL). I prefer it instead of ISPConfig, and it has regular repository you can install and update from. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe Google is the Mother, Google is the Father, and traceroute is your trusty Spiderman... StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant