as do packages like tripwire on all computers.

don't forget that typically your firewall will have to let some services
through, like mail, web, whatever. There is always a window of
opportunity between the discovery of a hole in, say, sendmail, and the
opportunity to patch it.


On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:19:25 +1200
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:36, you wrote:
> 
> > What packages are there that reliably work to stop this hacking - reliably
> > ?????
> 
> None, computer security is approached with knowledge, procedure and process, 
> not a product.
> 
> A properly set up set of iptables or ipfilter rules  _in a separate computer 
> which does not have *any* un-necessary daemons running_ helps considerably.
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely etc.,
> Christopher Sawtell
> 

-- 
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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