RedHat 9

[AlphaNate]

Hello, Im just wondering if Redhat 9 has some security issues that allows hackers to gain access to the OS very easy. Im not blaming Cpanel for this never would, Cpanel is a well constructed peice of software which in the past Ive never had problems with, but my webserver has been hacked twice within 2 months. So Im wondering if to change to Fedora Core 3 and seeing if the stabilty and security is better than Redhat 9, Could some Cpanel devs/mods give me some advice on the prefered OS that Cpanel likes. Also other server admins thoughts are more than welcome

Regards
Nathan

[jamesbond]

Did you keep the server up to date? As much as possible at least, since it is not officially supported anymore.

http://www.kernel.org
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/RH9/

Currently I think CentOS is the most popular OS for CPanel servers.

[AlphaNate]

yep, the server was fully updated, Ran update almost every week.

[jamesbond]

What do you mean with running updates weekly?

Did you have latest kernel compiled from source, and did you install all the relevant fedora legacy updates manually? Running cpanel updates isn't enough.

Do you have any idea from the logs how they got in?

Anyway, I would recommend CentOS as your next OS

[AlphaNate]

No I ran RH9 system updates everything was as fully up to date as possible , I've never used CentOS, Today Im trying Fedora Core 3, Do you think this will be better than RH9

[jamesbond]

I wouldn't suggest Fedora Core, stick with CentOS, it is the same as RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) but it's free. Just do some searches around here on fedora core and centos. No point in using RH9 anymore if you're forced to do a OS reload.

[AlphaNate]

How does CentOS work, are the cmd's for CentOS the same as RH9 or similiar?

[jamesbond]

Yes.

Just do some searches here or on Google. You can find all the info you need.

[AlphaNate]

Thanks buddy, Im downloading it on to my PC now, and im going to try it on my home server see how it stands up toward Redhat , in the meantime Fedora core 3 it shall be Thanks for your time bud, take care have a nice day!