A few pointers:<div><br></div><div>Do you know what IP (range) you will be connecting from? You can limit outside access to your machine to a specific IP which limits attackers options a lot.</div><div><br></div><div>Out of the box, Ubuntu does not have iptables enabled. You should change the sshd config to not allow root logins and possibly lock down SSH to only listening to specific IP addresses.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:05 AM, E.H. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leprkhn@gmail.com">leprkhn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
so i set up this (ubuntu server 9.04) samba server here at home and everything is working well, but i was wondering if anyone had any pointers on how to make sure it is "secure".<br>what do some of you do for home servers and security?<br>
<br>erik<br>
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