Installation and setup
To set your machine up so that you have maximum security and reliability
you need to pay attention to the following:
- During installation install the minimum number of services you
need. Don't click on "Install everything"!
- After installation look through what services have been set up
for you by the installation scripts and get rid of any that you don't
really need.
- Implement backups.
- Look at making access to your computer more secure.
- Keep track of known bugs and install applicable patches.
- Use hard-to-guess passwords.
Generally speaking you can't just install and configure your operating
system and any other software and then forget about it for the next
couple of years as many users do.
Use linuxconf to look at the configuration of your computer
and enable/disable the services you don't need.
If you do run inetd disable all the services it runs
that you don't need.
Once your computer is configured and running use ifconfig
and top or ps to see what processes are
really running on your computer.