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>Putting your money in a wall safe is better protection than depending on the fact that
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>	Poorly-configured MySQL, Bugzilla, and FTP installations have given attackers full
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	for Bugzilla machines hidden away behind your firewall.  80% of all computer
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>      First thing's first: Secure your installation.
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>	    Ensure you are running at least MysQL version 3.22.32 or newer.  Earlier versions had
	    notable security holes and poorly secured default configuration choices.
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>	    At the very least, ensure you password the "mysql -u root" account and the "bugs" account, establish grant
	    table rights (consult the Keystone guide in Appendix C: The Bugzilla Database for some easy-to-use details)
	    that do not allow CREATE, DROP, RELOAD, SHUTDOWN, and PROCESS for user "bugs".  I wrote up the Keystone
	    advice back when I knew far less about security than I do now : )
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>	    Lock down /etc/inetd.conf.  Heck, disable inet entirely on this box.  It should only listen to
	    port 25 for Sendmail
	    and port 80 for Apache.
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>Do not run Apache as "nobody".  This will require very lax permissions in your Bugzilla directories.
	  Run it, instead, as a user with a name, set via your httpd.conf file.</P
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>	    Ensure you have adequate access controls for $BUGZILLA_HOME/data/, $BUGZILLA_HOME/localconfig,
	    and $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow directories.
	    The localconfig file stores your "bugs" user password,
	    which would be terrible to have in the hands
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	    of a criminal.  Also some files under $BUGZILLA_HOME/data store sensitive information.
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>	    On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access to these directories, as outlined
	    in <A
HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161"
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> for adequate protection in your data/ and shadow/ directories.
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>	    Note the instructions which follow are Apache-specific.  If you use IIS, Netscape, or other
	    non-Apache web servers, please consult your system documentation for how to secure these
	    files from being transmitted to curious users.
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>	    Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", readable by your web server,
	    in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/data directory.
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>	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#60;Files&nbsp;comments&#62;<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;allow&nbsp;from&nbsp;all<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#60;/Files&#62;<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;deny&nbsp;from&nbsp;all<br>
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	    in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/ directory.
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>	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#60;Files&nbsp;localconfig&#62;<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;deny&nbsp;from&nbsp;all<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#60;/Files&#62;<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;allow&nbsp;from&nbsp;all<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P
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>	    Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", readable by your web server,
	    in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow directory.
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