> I like the "package library" the CD provides, but are there any packages on > there a bad guy could use against me if they got in? With the floppy option > if it was hacked a bad guy couldn't ftp to it, couldn't compile stuff on it, > so about all they could do is open and forward ports. > > Is there any validity to this or if someone is in they can wreck enough > havoc that they wouldn't need extra packages anyway.
It's a valid concern. On the CD, probably the biggest potentialy 'dangerous' packages are: nmap - Potent system administration or hacker tool, depending on who's driving lynx - A web-browser...not dangerous by itself, but allows someone to download just about anything (including other dangerous packaes) from the 'net tcpdump - Network sniffer...can potentially grab passwords or anything else going across the wire to the ethernet, or on the internal network(s). You may wish to remove these packages from the CD-Rom, if you don't use or need them. I got tired of having to scp nmap and tcpdump every time I needed them, so I put them on the CD. Lynx is currently an experiment...I haven't even tried it to see if it works <sheepish grin> Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
