On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 09:33:45PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 11:57:26PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > I've gotta say that md5-encrypted shadow passwords, chkrootkit, > > integrit, SYN cookies, iptables, etc. don't really look like the > > products of a "can't happen here" mentality. > > On the contrary, it's lessons learned quickly combined with the kind > of paranoia that the tinfoil-hat crowd would be proud of. Unix geeks > (BSD geeks in particular) seem to take "It's not paranoia if everybody > really is after you" to heart and applies it.
One more comment before I drop the thread: The problem isn't mitigating what you know about. The problem is you don't know what you don't know. And the enemy always gets a vote on the battlefield :-) That said, certainly nothing wrong with the efforts so far... I just personally don't believe they will prove sufficient once all of Eastern Europe begins to focus its efforts on hassling you :-) > > > -- > .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : :' : > `. `'` proud Debian admin and user > `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
