Hacking For Beginners – Manthan Desai

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Ensure that only essential services are running. Stop unused services like sendmail, NFS etc

$ chkconfig --list

$ chkconfig --del sendmail

$ chkconfig --del nfslock

$ chkconfig --del rpc

o Verify system logs at regular intervals to check for suspicious activity - (System logs in /var/log/secure) Patch the Linux system and keep it up to date o Check for bug fixes at the vendor site o Update packages as and when available at the Update site of the vendor.

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