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
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
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.
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
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
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
