On Tue, 28 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Some time ago someone compromised my system through a hole in ftp (RH4.1).
>
> I would restrict ftp access as severely as possible.
This is one of those things that needs to be corrected by applying
updates, unless of course FTP is not going to be
Some time ago someone compromised my system through a hole in ftp (RH4.1).
I would restrict ftp access as severely as possible.
On Tue, Apr 28, 1998 at 03:23:58PM -0400, hamoi wrote:
> okay, i want to lock down my linux box so i can almost confidently have it
> online. ya, ya, if you want ti s
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, hamoi wrote:
> okay, i want to lock down my linux box so i can almost confidently have
> it online. ya, ya, if you want ti secure, dont put it online... so what
What do you mean by "online"? There are a lot of meanings for that word
and they all require different precaution
okay, i want to lock down my linux box so i can almost confidently have it
online. ya, ya, if you want ti secure, dont put it online... so what am i
forgetting?
- apply all the updates
- remove those things not in use
- shadow the passwords
- tcp wrap stuff
- kill telnet (or at least restrict it)
