Which Come First ?

[thehoundog]

On a New FreeBSD box.

I am hiring a hardening company and having DA install their own software.

My Question is,

Which to go first ?
- so not to affect the others work.
- or to assure the best end result.

Thank You.

 

[AbsurdDoctor]

Have DirectAdmin installed first. I've been told that a DA install will go much smoother with a fresh OS install (though I have yet to actually install DA myself to see this, it certainly seems likely to be true). Securing a box with DA requires some different steps then a "regular" FreeBSD box, your security folks will be better able to set you up if DA is already around for them to work with/around instead of having to make adjustments later.