In the second episode of my Enterprise Linux Security series, I'll show you 5 simple tweaks you can make to improve the security of your Linux server. Ubuntu Server is shown as an example distribution, but most of these tweaks can be performed on any distribution with some required changes to the syntax.

Timecodes:
00:00 – Introduction
03:27 – Optimization 1: Adding a non-root user
08:06 – Optimization 2: Install updates
10:47 – Tweak 3: Setting up unattended upgrades
20:31 – Optimization 4: Lock Openssh
32:26 – Optimization 5: Install Fail2ban

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