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          • Auditing system services with systemctl
          • Auditing network services with netstat
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        • Remove unnecessary services
          • Auditing system services with systemctl
          • Auditing network services with netstat
          • Auditing network services with nmap
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    Remove unnecessary services¶

    Never have anything that you don’t absolutely need installed on a server. Especially not any unnecessary network services.

    Do not give adversaries extra ways to get into the systems.

    • Auditing system services with systemctl
    • Auditing network services with netstat
    • Auditing network services with nmap
    2026-04-01 20:54
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