There are a number of excellent tools available to assist you in securing your sever and eliminating or mitigating risks. The tools in this section are fairly easy to use and will assist you in hardening your server or allowing for easy server security monitoring.
Also see the section on firewalls for an essential security layer you will most certainly want to implement.
Perform a security assessment and determine where your weak points are. Address them with Bastille which runs in either a shell or graphical interface (through X forwarding) and walks you through various settings. This is a great educational tool as you do not have to commit any changes until you fully understand them and the implications.
Wouldn't it be nice if there was a web base interface that allowed you to Google your system logs? How about if there was a Firfox plug in for this tool that allowed you to easily connect to a server and view those logs with just by typing in the IP? How about have a time line graph of log activity you can zoom in and out on? Your dreams are now a reality with Splunk. Available from http://www.splunk.com/ this is a fantastic too and puts your system logs at your finger tips in a completely searchable format. Search for an IP address or activity through various logs with near instant results. Installation is a breeze too. Think of the power . . .
