Re: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-13 Thread Bud Rogers
On Sunday 13 May 2001 11:52, Alexander Steinert wrote: > > 3) I want to have a system that is as secure as possible without > > sacrificing usability. Where can I get good guidance on securing Debian? > > I > > Not only for that you might want to take a look at > > http://www.infodrom.ffis.de/De

Re: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-13 Thread Alexander Steinert
> 3) I want to have a system that is as secure as possible without > sacrificing usability. Where can I get good guidance on securing Debian? I Not only for that you might want to take a look at http://www.infodrom.ffis.de/Debian/doc/index.html Stony

Re: FW: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Fri, 11 May 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > i have yet to meet a redhat box that was not already rooted, or in a > > very rootable state. (as in no security updates installed). > > > > to be fair many security holes affect all distributions that include > > the package (assuming its install

Re: FW: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya ethan yeah... think redhat boxes are usually sitting ducks for wanna be hackers and script kiddies... i concur, not that it matters, that all distro is basically the same and hackable...including debian... debian does provide a nice automated way to update itself should someone wanna do i

Re: FW: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:19:49AM +1000, Matt Chipman wrote: > > frankly i dont know how anyone applies alll those Red Hat updates, they must > have more time than me ... they don't. i have yet to meet a redhat box that was not already rooted, or in a very rootable state. (as in no security

FW: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Matt Chipman
updates, they must have more time than me ... -Matt -Original Message- From: Young, C Bryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 12 May 2001 1:12 AM To: Debian User (E-mail) Subject: debian newbie questions -- security All--- And I thought the RedHat list I subscribe to was active

Re: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Willi Dyck
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:02:28PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > I believe there is a "Securing Debian HOWTO" somewhere, but I haven't > seen it. It might give you some info. http://joker.rhwd.de/doc/Securing-Debian-HOWTO a really nicely written HOWTO MfG/Regards, Willi -- ...is a register

Re: debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 10:11:45AM -0500, Young, C Bryan wrote: > informed and preferably unbiased position (hard to come by in forums where > GNU/Linux or BSD are discussed), I'd MUCH appreciate it. I use FreeBSD and Debian at work, and am often forced to deal with security issues on Redhat. IMH

debian newbie questions -- security

2001-05-11 Thread Young, C Bryan
All--- And I thought the RedHat list I subscribe to was active! I'm considering a switch from RH 6.2 to Debian stable for a dual-processor workstation I use for crunching numbers and making graphs/plots with GMT. I'm thinking about the move because I just can't keep up with manual updates on RH,