From: Mukund Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:59 AM
>No machine in the entire net fully secured as hackers are >always on look
out
>for exploits and are much smarter than server admins.
>The recent case is wuftpd (even on linux) which can be used to >gain root
There's a new bug being discovered almost everyday
in the software we use, like for eg in Phirana recently...
Therefore protecting the machine IMO, is not all entirely
shutting off certain services. And admin who has'nt got the latest patches
is taking a risk with his quarry.
>BTW the kernel has very little to do with security. Linux as
>such is verysecured OS but the fault lies with server admin >who are
ignorant orcareless.
An important aspect of security is notsomuch as preventing
others entry but to make info difficult to get.
If a device driver which writes to the hdd, can
be got to encrypt the info, before storing it . It would not
matter to the user , but any unauthorised crip, would'nt make
out what it is.
Working on these lines might give you an unique product,
though work has been done on this before in Free BSD.
Bye
Kaushik
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