useful security tips

[bad_gui]

I came across this and found some useful tips

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-security.html

I am running a webserver on the plug, but I can only connect to it from
outside via ssh.


Some questions I have are why limit network connections to 1024 kb/sec
for lightppd?  That seems very low?
 
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/lighttpd-set-throughput-connections-per-ip.html


I implemented these since suggestions ssh is the only connection to the outside world.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-bsd-openssh-server-best-practices.html