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How to turn on automatic security updates
Have the server install security patches by itself every day, on Ubuntu with unattended-upgrades and on RHEL-based systems with dnf-automatic.
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How to set up a firewall on Linux
Block everything except SSH and the web with UFW on Ubuntu or firewalld on RHEL-based systems, without locking yourself out.