Gregory J. Feig wrote: > > if we do NOT identify the possibilities for infestation, this list > COULD turn into a "my linux box is broke" complaints-board.
Oh, yeah? You should see my private emails. 80% of the messages are of the "my BasicLinux is broke" variety. Of course it never is broke (except in one inexplicable case which I blame on weird hardware). > 1. Let us try to generally identify the main problem areas Main problem area is servers exposed to the internet. > 2. Get some cut-and-dried instructions for newbies to do to their > installs, immediately, before they put it on the net. Sorry, it's not going to be cut-and-dried unless everyone is using the same distribution. Although the underlying Linux is the same, each distro takes a slightly different approach to how it is organized and configured. This gives rise to a lot of trivial differences (like the background color), but it also extends to some rather significant differences in configuration. > how do I automagically enable these checks on every boot, so I can > be SURE everything is shut down, etc. This shouldn't be necessary. The best way to deal with this is to find where the services are turn on and stop them. Cheers, Steven
