full-disclosure - Re: one of my servers has been compromized

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Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:48:24 +0100
From: Christophe Garault <letoff@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: one of my servers has been compromized

On 12/O5/2011 13:07, Lucio Crusca wrote :
> Ferenc Kovacs wrote:
>    
> No, it's just common saying. I apply patches, change password regularly,
> move ssh to nonstandard ports, disable remote root access and do all the
> rest I've learnt about security in years of running linux servers, also if I
> couldn't believe they would hack my server. I only overlooked a piece of
> unknown-third-party php code. It's just experience that makes you stronger.
>    
Having your /tmp partition with noexec,nosuid is also considered a good 
practice.

-- 
Toff

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