Re: Security question

2003-06-01 Thread CM Miller
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 12:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a bit of a linux newbie. Out of the box, what should be the first things I > do/learn/disable to secure my box? Is there anything I could run or look out > for to indicate a hack of any kind? > > I guess this is asked a l

Re: Security question

2003-05-31 Thread nlimbu
First of all, disable all the start-up services that you don't need by using setup command. Install chkrootkit and tripwire program to detect if your machine has been compromised or not? Nabin Limbu On 30 May 2003 at 18:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a bit of a linux newbie. Out

Re: Security question

2003-05-31 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 12:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a bit of a linux newbie. Out of the box, what should be the first things I > do/learn/disable to secure my box? Is there anything I could run or look out > for to indicate a hack of any kind? > > I guess this is asked a lot.

RE: Security question

2003-05-31 Thread Rigler, Steve
What purpose would your Linux box serve? With the later versions, RH provides some decent security with the firewall and ssh being the only service turned on by default. One thing I always add is some protection against people getting root locally by rebooting to single-user mode. If you use gru

RE: Security question

2003-05-31 Thread David Demner
Hi Ben, The most important thing is to not hook your box up to the internet (except through a well-configured firewall) until you are confident with the security! Use a disk or CD to transfer RPMs to the box. I find the default configuration for RH9 is pretty good, but definitely needs some t

Re: security question

2000-06-01 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, K.Deepak wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone tell me how to disable the su to root login from > remote in RedHat Linux and Solaris. Basically, i want to login in root > or su to root from the console , but, when i do a telnet to this > machine, i want to disable the s