Research Servers - default software loads
Linux
- SSHd AllowUsers directive should be used; root login allowed (for admin reasons)
- Amanda-client
- Tripwire intrusion-detection
- Development tools
- Logwatch
- emacs/vim
SuSE Linux
Complete install of SuSE 9.3 Pro.
- Auto Updates
- Either KDE and GNOME
- should not be running, by default (just available)
- K3B for cd/dvd writing
Gentoo Linux
- Vixie-cron is standard
- iptables
- fail2ban
- fail2ban will alter iptable-rules, to block repeated-failures.