On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 06:42:20PM -0600, Timothy Bolz wrote: > Thanks for all the Info from everyone. > I have a lot to go over. > >From what I've read in the responses is that Ip chains potect to a degree and > I should turn off ports I don't need. I should be proactive in my response > to my box rather than reactive after a situation. > > The network I'm on is I would say a not trusted network. Since anyone can > log in and I don't know if there a causual user or a cracker. So I am a > little concerned but I don't have a lot on the box. > > The only thing I didn't know anything about was the stack-smash protection. > Is it that important?
It's just another layer of protection. If you're the only user and you don't have any services enabled, it's probably not of much use. > Sorry Debian didn't work out for you. Oh, well. Really, the best thing to do if you're interested in security is learning how the network works. IMO, _Building Internet Firewalls_, while slightly dated, is a good intro to internet security partly because it explains TCP/IP in the beginning. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
