On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Christoph Hammann wrote:
> Karthik,
> I think it can be safe to assume that your box has been rooted. A simple reinstall
>with the same Linux distro won't do you much good, because now the attacker knows
>that and how you're vulnerable.
> Either install a safer distribution, make the original one safer or install OpenBSD.
> *duck* ;-)
> Tell me how this goes on, please.
> Christoph
:-(
I have grown on RedHat and am very hesitant about installing another
distribution. What are the ways to "make it safer"? Is there any place
that I can read about this?
Thanks for your help!
-Karthik.
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