Tim,
Id say thats a pretty good summary... Id also like to add, that besides
someone getting/wrecking stuff on your computer, another concern would be
that someone could use your computer to do things you dont want (such as ping
-f www.whitehouse.gov, or send spam using your mailserver, ...)
Jamie
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 04:42 pm, 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? Sorry Debian didn't work out for you.
:
: Thanks Again, Everyone
: Tim
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