RE: Secure vs insecure installs

2000-11-30 Thread Jamin Collins
Kelly Scroggins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > I've run into problems with the installation of > some intrustion detection utilities such as > logcheck. The errors are (and I don't remeber > exact verbage) related to the compilation of the > packages. They refer to the egcs. Which *IS* >

Re: Secure vs insecure installs

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly Scroggins
I have a related question but I first need to provide a little background. Please read on. I've been using an opendoc book called "Securing and Optimizing Linux : Red Hat Edition". I've followed the advice of the book for the first few chapters (can't remember exactly how many). They include p

Re: Secure vs insecure installs

2000-11-12 Thread Yuri Korobkov
Rick Warner wrote: > picture. Would be nice if there was an option for a 'secure install'. OpenBSD, FreeBSD (v4.1; 4.1.1; 4.2) and Mandrake (they even concocted mksec "command"). All Linuxen are trying tio fill the gap... step by step. ___ Redhat-l

Re: Secure vs insecure installs

2000-11-12 Thread ktb
Rick Warner wrote: > > > I stepped back from my PCs and had a thought: > > When a 'newbie' does his/her first installation of RedHat Linux, s/he > > will most often end up with a very insecure system. Most 'newbie' > > installations will remain insecure for weeks and even months or more > > befor

Secure vs insecure installs

2000-11-12 Thread Rick Warner
> I stepped back from my PCs and had a thought: > When a 'newbie' does his/her first installation of RedHat Linux, s/he > will most often end up with a very insecure system. Most 'newbie' > installations will remain insecure for weeks and even months or more > before the 'newbie' first understand