On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 01:51:06PM -0600, ibi wrote:
> I just received this paper on *NIX security from my ISP who uses
> FreeBSD. It is quite long, offers precise details, and a great deal of
> insite into common attacks as well as SATAN. I will send the file to
> anyone who requests it.
>
> Improving the Security of Your Site by Breaking Into it
>
> Dan Farmer Wietse Venema
Note to be rude, but that paper is quite old, so there is a really good
chance that in all of the years it has been out that everyone has read
it. If you are truly interested in Security grab the O'reilly book
"Internet and Network Security" or something like that.
PS Don't get me wrong Dan and Weitse's paper was the holy grail of its time
, and is still a great piece of computer security history.
Also for current security info subscribe to BUGTRAQ, but realize that
the whole world knows about the exploits when they hit BUGTRAQ, so don't
think your sys is secure if it hasn't shown up on BUGTRAW yet :)
Shane Owenby
IBM Linux Technology Center
