25 May
2012
25 May
'12
1:49 p.m.
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 02:43:03PM +0100, Paul Stimpson wrote:
Hi,
Thank you for you help with choosing a domain registrar. I went with Gandi I'm the
end and they seem great.
I've bought my first domains and I'm just about to begin configuring services on
my VPS. This is the first time I've run a server facing the public internet.
I'd really appreciate any guidance on the best way to set up the following so that
it's competent, reliable and doesn't get pwned. I want to be a good net citizen.
*BIND
I found the debian packages good. Possibly I should look at chrooting
things. I might even be doing it already for all I know!
*Incoming mail
I've had good results with exim.
*A POP3/IMAP server for my client.
I've had good results with dovecot.
*An SMTP server for my client to send to.
I've had good results with exim.
*Webmail for on-the-road access to my mail. (my
existing provider uses Open.Exchange and I like it but I'm also happy to consider
other recommendations)
I've had good results with prayer
(http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/~dpc22/prayer/)
but I think it's very much a niche product - it focusses on the "basic, but
fast" angle whereas most people seem to want more functionality, and not to have to
compile a C server.
For debian, I like the "securing debian" manual:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/
Some of it needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, but it's a good list
of things to look at.
Michael