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Pre-installed Services for CPanel/WHM servers

Preliminary Security configuration

Secure /tmp (noexec, nosuid, nodev )
mod_security
phpSueXec
Secured /root/.my.cnf
Remove the /dev/shm entry from the fstab
Unmount /dev/shm set permissions to 755
Block all outgoing connections to port 22 using iptables
Latest Secure Stable kernel
APF firewall basic install
C and C++ compilers are disabled. Many canned exploits require a working c on the system
Linux Environment Security:
Root-only permissions on binaries, path traversal, immutable bit on rpm, shell scripts
Linux Socket Monitor
designed to track changes to Network sockets and Unix domain sockets


Pre-compiled Apache / Php settings

GD
GD2
Zend
Curl w/SSL
MySQL 4.xx
php 4.xx

Initial setup

Hostname configuration
DNS ns1/ns2 setup
Incremental backups daily, weekly, monthly (servers with dual drives)
Secure root password set
Awstats, Webstats configured
ntsysv configured