I had a person who is a Cisco certified network guy tell me unix boxes are easier to get into than windows. He's very knowledgeable and says he's one of 5000 certified in the world. I don't know if he's worked in Linux or not. My box at work is a Debian GNU/Linux box and he knows the ip address of it. He said a hacker could gain access to it if they know the ip address. I said I have ipchains installed. My question is that enought or do I have to close down the ports too. He thinks someone could gain access to my box even though I'm running Linux with ipchains. He ruffled my feathers and I don't like it, especially when I don't know how to respond to someone who might know. What I'm saying is my box is on a private network 192.168.x.x which other people on that network who I don't know get on. What can I do to protect my box besides turning it off at night or unplugging it from the network. Any links or pointers would be helpful.
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