Re: security tools collection

[Serg B <sergeslists () gmail com>]

I am confused, are you testing the server or ar you hardening the server?

Your email sort of implies hardening, but you are talking about
BackTrack which suggests testing...



On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 3:46 PM, J. Bakshi <bakshi12 () gmail com> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I have already done a lot of google search but at the end I am very
> much confused about security tools. I want to secure a remote linux
> server ( suse 11.2 ) which running apache, mysql, postfix+dovecot,
> squid and also regurarly take backup ( ssh+rsync) from another server.
>
> I have already implement iptables firewall, monit, ssh2 with root login
> disable, nrpe, regular checking by chkrootkit and rkhunter by cron.
>
> But implementing security measures don't provide peace. I need more
> tools !! And where I am confused. What else should I have in my
> collection ? One very good linux distro is Backtrack which have a lots
> of such security tools but if you don't know actually what is there you
> can't use backtrack. It will take bit more time to flip through it. So
> you security experts please show me the way. Please advice me what else
> I must need and what are the tools already thetre in backtrak linux ?
>
> Thanks
>
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