Novice Raiders: Seven Tips for Maintaining Server Security

Too many webmasters don't pay attention to server security, which will lead to such a coherent vicious incident. User password leakage incidents seriously reflect webmaster server security. The weakness of consciousness makes it easy for hackers to invade servers, and it is often rampant. In order to prevent such vicious incidents from happening again, everyone needs to do server security and strengthen server security. Here is a brief introduction to the next seven tips for maintaining your server security. I hope to learn from you and help.

Tip 1: Start with the basics

I know this sounds like Nonsense, but when we talk about the security of web servers, the best advice I can give you is not to be a layman. When hackers start attacking your network, they first check for general security vulnerabilities before considering the more difficult means of breaking through the security system. So, for example, when the data on your server is in a FAT disk partition, even installing all the security software in the world won't help you much.

For this reason, you need to start from the basics. You need to convert all disk partitions on the server that contain sensitive data to NTFS format. Again, you need to keep all your anti-virus software up to date. I recommend that you run anti-virus software on both the server and the desktop. The software should also be configured to automatically download the latest virus database files every day. You should also know that you can install anti-virus software for Exchange Server. This software scans all incoming emails for infected attachments. When it finds a virus, it automatically isolates the infected email before it reaches the user.

Another good way to protect your network is to limit the amount of time users spend accessing the network based on the time they spend in the company. A temporary employee who normally works during the day should not be allowed to access the network at 3 am unless the employee's supervisor tells you that it is for a special project.

Finally, remember that users need a password when they access anything on the entire network. You must force everyone to use high-intensity passwords consisting of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. There is a good tool for this task in the Windows NT Server resource bundle. You should also often invalidate some expired passwords and update them to require the user's password to be at least eight characters. If you have done all of this work but are still concerned about the security of your password, you can try to download some hacking tools from the Internet and find out how safe these passwords are.

Tip 2: Protect Your Backups

Every good network administrator knows to back up network servers every day and keep tape records away from the scene to protect against accidents. However, the security issue is much more than just a backup. Most people don't realize that your backup is actually a huge security hole.

To understand why this is the case, most of the backup work starts at around 10:00 or 11:00. The entire backup process usually ends in the middle of the night, depending on how much data you have to back up. Now, imagine that time is up to four in the morning and your backup job is over. However, nothing prevents someone from stealing data from your tape records and restoring them to a server in your home or in your competitor's office.

However, you can stop this from happening. First, you can protect your tape with a password and if your backup program supports encryption, you can also encrypt it. Second, you can set the backup program to work in the morning when you go to work. In this case, even if someone wants to sneak in and steal the tape the night before, they will not be able to succeed because the tape is being used. If the thief still ejects the tape and takes it away, the data on the tape is worthless. Previous123Next page Total 3 pages