some general best practices * disable unneeded services/daemons
* place the system behind a stateful firewall - allowing only the application access you require for the list-serv. Don't permit netbios, nfs, rpc, ftp, or tftp accross inbound or outbound. * stay up2date on all os and application level patches. At this point, if you're sure someone got in, confirm your firewall config and then rebuild the system - following the other steps above. many more details, but this should get you going. byron -----Original Message----- From: Desmond Witherspoon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 7:28 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Preventing Hacks I know this is a broad question but I just want a general overview. How would you go about securing a list server from outside malicious attacks. 'I'm almost certain that I found how they got in but the "file is inaccessible" because its in use. I need help, bad!! _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
