Dear Friend.
In my opinion there is not an absolute linux security hole. Security
problems are normaly due to misconfiguration or non secure apps.
installed in the system.
About misconfiguration I suggest you to read the Security-HOWTO file.
About insecure apps. , why not to read the CERT advisoires. Take a look
over imap, wu-ftp, sendmail etc. Depending on the Linux distribution,
the box installs insecure apps. For example, using RedHat 5.0 you will
install a very insecure versions of imap and bind; using RedHat 5.2 you
will install an insecure Apache web server. I suggest also you take a
look over the X11R6 system after reading the Security-HOWTO.
In my opinion Security holes in linux are not due to the operating
system itself, but because of the flexibility of the operating system
combined with some lack of awareness of how to plan and configure a box
aiming some specific need.
I hope to be helping anyway.
Flavio A. Santos
Brasilia - Brazil.
EDUARDO EDUARDO SANCHEZ wrote:
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> Hi!!!
> I must do a work at college, and it is about "security holes in linux and
> windows nt", i was wondering you people, that know more than me...may be you
> can tell me where to seek this info, websites, or if you know a lot about
> this you can email me....
> thanx a lot..
> regards...
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