Hello Lynn

I plan to install Bering in a site, where I have no control who has physical
access to the firewall.

Regards
Heriberto
> On Monday 10 March 2003 02:51 pm, Heriberto H�hlke wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I usually open .lrp files with Winzip81 in Windows 98, renaming them to
> > *.tgz, except initrd.lrp, that can't be opened. I would like to
> protect the
> > password file of etc.lrp from been cracked with Brute Force
> crackers like
> > John The Ripper.
> > Is there a way for backing up the .lrp files, so they cannot be
> opened (as
> > initrd.lrp), except from inside the Bering box, and of course
> knowing the
> > root password?
>
> How would anyone be able to crack your password file without logging in
> as 'root'? Really the only security concerns to the outside you would have
> would be dependant on opening http/ftp/etc... services open to
> the internet
> and running on the router itself. If this is a large concern of
> yours, I would
> suggest moving these services off the router and into a DMZ.
> --
> ~Lynn Avants
> Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall Developer
> http://leaf.sourceforge.net
> http://www.guitarlynn.homelinux.org:81
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