[jlkinsel]

sudo, ssh certs, egress firewalling. Congrats - you've covered about 4 pages from the NSA's 200 page hardening benchmark. Off to a good start!

http://www.nsa.gov/ia/mitigation_guidance/security_configura...

[SpenserJ]

This isn't intended as a be-all-end-all guide to security, like the NSA aims for. Instead, view it as a quickstart guide for those first five minutes on a new server, or as a starting point for beginners that have no idea where to even look.

[gautamsomani]

Agreed.

[dotBen]

I doubt there's suddenly much appetite for the NSA-authored security guides anymore.