In what sense? Do you want to know when someone's busted in?
They tripwire and snort are a good place to start, although possibly a bit academic finding out after the fact... If you want to 'harden' a linux install, check out www.bastille-linux.org which can give some good pointers, and a ready-rolled 'tighten-up' for some distros. IMHO, Security for computer systems online is as much about attitude as it is about systems and software. Tomes have been cast into paper and ink on this topic... Cheers, Chris H. On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 17:00, Hamish McBrearty wrote: > Besides a good firewall, like IPCop, and common sense (not running an > unnecessary service) what other measures are people taking to keep their > boxes secure? > > I'm interested in seeing what's out there and works well and what doesn't. > I spend an hour or so last night configuring up Tripwire which seems to be > a neat little app. What else do people use? > > ------------------------------------------------- > Hamish McBrearty MCSE MCSA > Network Engineer > Rangi Ruru Girls' School > 59 Hewitts Road > Christchurch > NEW ZEALAND > Ph 03 355-6099 > Fax 03 355-6027 > CELL 021 999770 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------- >
