Building a server from scratch is hardly trivial, and I’m far from an expert in the finer points of the art. And since the implications of getting it wrong don’t bear considering for too long, getting the right information is crucial. Enter Slicehost’s series of in-depth tutorials.
I heartily applaud the philosophy of gentle guidance which deliberately stops short of trying to define a one-size-fits-all configuration for every circumstance. It is left to the reader to weigh up the possible options and make his own decision - but the information presented is first-class, with a strong emphasis on security which sometimes seems to be lacking in many other articles.
As if that wasn’t enough, there are even multiple versions of each tutorial, tailored to different Linux distributions.
