On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 04:26:30PM -0400, cdowns wrote:
> openBSD has not been cracked (remote) in almost 3 years, off a default
> installation. pretty tough to beat there...... redhat has said that they are
> planning automaic security system updates, but the real issue on hand is all the
> new users relying on a hand plattered system that is secure. basic computer
> knowledge as far as i know is still needed and is not with most of you new users
> today. so editing a file to cover you a$$ is trivial, well supposed to be.
> so to understand tony's point is trivial to "default installation and security
> minded developers". man this place (list)is a blazing feeeasco today. i think im
> getting lost here........
> cmd
yeah, I think it's about time we kill this thread. I'm more than done with it.
What my original intent was to point out that Red Hat needs to stop enabling
everything by default. Linux is one of the hottest buzzwords nowadays, which
means more and more people are installing it. Nine out of ten newbies will
install Red Hat, because of it's easy installtion procedure. Even if Red Hat
disables everything in inetd.conf, that would be a start. I know if I were a
linux newbie, I would rather learn how to turn a service on by myself, instead
of being turned off to linux by being rooted, and having my whole hard disk
wiped.
A staggering amount of people think Linux == Red Hat. So if they have a bad
experience (say they got rooted), they would go around to all their friends,
co-workers, and the such, and tell them all how much Linux sucks, how they
got hacked within 5 minutes of being online, etc.
Let's just calm this thread down a little bit, and stick to some constructive
aspects of system security.
--
Tony Lambiris [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
OpenBSD: Because I care. [www.openbsd.org]
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