Article 6JF7G Securing Slackware server

Securing Slackware server

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dalgrim
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I'm looking for some suggestions on securing my slackware 15 server. For now it's only running a couple video game servers for my kids and a mariadb (mysql) that I use for development. I have a firewall (dedicated hardware router/firewall/IPS) that only allows the appropriate IP4 ports through however IPv6 is a thing and not knowing as much about it I'm concerned about security on the linux box.

I have disabled SSH password logins, requiring keys.
I stay up to date with slackpkg+
I routinely manually check the last and lastb looking for any strange logins <-- I'd like a more automated way to check this, maybe something like "fail2ban".
I only run the network processes/applications I actively use.

Any other suggestions or resources?

-Brian
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