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]>
