[TriLUG] Distro recommendation for secure hosting

[Ken M]

I might be overly biased against Ubuntu as a Server.  Yes I know they have a server version they release I just always view it more as a "Desktop Linux" than a server.

Ken

On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 10:50:57AM -0500, Alan Porter wrote:
> 
> In defense of the "distro is not the problem" argument, I have had
> very good results with Ubuntu on my personal web servers, business
> servers and on TriLUG's servers.
> 
> I do limit the services that run, I hide questionable services (like
> RoundCube) behind HTTP auth, I run shorewall (iptables firewall),  I
> use keys-only SSH, and I run denyhosts or fail2ban.
> 
> Alan