Hello Original Poster, Sorry I joined the thread late, but why don't you firewall the box(es) using ipchains or iptables ?
Cheers, Pieter De Wit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Lee Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Hacked again... > Jack Bowling writes: > >** Reply to message from Glen Lee Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 05 May 2002 12:25:47 -0500 > > > ><snip> > >> You're right. I'm a RH Linux end user, not a geek. I don't have the > >> tools/experience to track him down, find out how he got in, and plug the holes. > >> I just install what Red Hat sends and hope it works. > ><snip> > > > >Glen, such a defeatist attitude is unnecessary. After you re-install again (you must assume that your friendly neighborhood hacker has already had free rein on your box), do 3 things: > > If you had several years of customized programming and added services that you > were going to lose because you've been told that you now can't trust any program > on your system and that it all must be wiped, you'd be defeated, too. A fresh, > clean install shuts me down. > > >1) Choose a difficult root password, one with a combo of letters and numbers. > > Root has always had that kind of password. > > >2) Choose medium or high security firewall during install. > > Did that, and now named won't run. > > >3) register your system for up2date and let the up2date agent do its thing. It may take a while but a fully updated system is less prone to security holes. > > Tried that. It doesn't work - keeps dying part way through, saying that I need > authorization. It's only good for one box, anyway. If you have multiple > computers you have to pay. I'm not going to be able to pursued the rest of my > family members to switch to Linux if they have to pay them a regular fee for the > privilege. > > >If the hacker does damage to somebody, you could be complicit if it is found out that you willingly allowed him use of your box - especially since you emailed him your root password. > > That was a joke! -grin- My wife doesn't even know my passwords. > > Glen > > > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
