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J. BartlettBuilding Scalable PHP Web Applications Using the Cloudhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5212-3_13

13. Linux Security Basics

Jonathan Bartlett1 
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Tulsa, OK, USA
 

This chapter is not meant to be a complete guide to cloud security, but merely to point you in the right direction. Security is more of a process and way of thinking than it is a series of steps, so this chapter will focus on how you need to think to protect your servers’ integrity and your data’s integrity.

13.1 The Basic Considerations

The most important security considerations for system administrators are the following:
  • How can I mitigate the risks of being connected to the Internet?

  • What is the minimum set of services I can run on my system and still ...

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