Securing a NetWare 6.5 Installation and Server Environment

Even though NetWare still supports the more secure IPX/SPX protocol, over the past 6 years Novell has increasingly focused more on NetWare running on the less secure TCP/IP protocol. NetWare 6.5 is the latest OS release from Novell Inc. Novell is actively participating in the Open Source movement and has integrated open source applications such as Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, PERL, PHP and OpenSSH into NetWare 6.5. This paper will focus on how to secure the installation of NetWare 6.5 and a number of applications and services that run on it, including Apache, MySQL, PHP and PERL and OpenSSH. In addition, steps for making a more secure server environment will be reviewed. All of this will create a more secure server environment that enables you to “know thy system.”

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