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Hardening CentOS (Bofh Hunter)

Jim Perrin looks at hardening CentOS. "I've started a page on the CentOS wiki (Hardening CentOS) that will very likely turn into its own section in the future. This page uses Steve Grubb's RHEL hardening guide, as well as the NSA's RHEL 5 security guide as the basis for locking down the operating system in a reasonably secure fashion. I do not claim it to be all-powerful, nor will everything there apply to everyone in all instances. Take from it what you need to. What is covered on the page is the basis for locking down a system with very minimal impact to distribution standards or package changes. I'll continue to add to this page, and break out other pages to encompass securing the distribution provided httpd, mysqld, etc as I get time."
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