[NTLUG:Discuss] Basic Linux Server Questions

[Leroy Tennison]

Dennis Myhand wrote:
> I am putting together a web server for the students in my class.  I have 
> installed Debian 3.1 Testing and Apache2.2.  Before I put this out for 
> the world to see I want to make sure the server is as secure as I can 
> make it.  The server is going to be on the school network, inside our 
> firewall/router, but it is necessary for the web pages to be visible to 
> the Internet as a whole.  I have a few questions if anyone on the list 
> is willing to offer help.  How do I see which services are running? 
> Which services are essential for a web server?  Do I set up ftp for my 
> students to up load their pages or scp, or is there a default ftp upload 
> capability?  Any help will be appreciated.
>
>   
Use nmap, Google for "port scanner".  Use sftp not so much for your sake 
as theirs (their passwords don't go across the wire in clear text).  
Don't allow the use anonymous for upload (you want to track who places 
files on the server).