Thanks Steve! Those thoughts are worth way more than a penny... :) I have been using Debian since 2000 or 2001 or so - and I had never actually read that HOWTO. That is awesome - and totally applicable for Ubuntu I think. I think I will be recommending people to look at that one.
DK Vasta, Stephen wrote: > . . . a penny for my thoughts . . . > > Take a closer look at the following website: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html > > This document demonstrates everything needed to secure your system from > attack. Of particular interest is section 4.17.6: Protecting against > ARP attacks. > > As a personal preference, I'm running Debian Lenny as a base system, > with any "at-home" and/or "at-work" systems that I need as VirtualBox > machines (i.e.: my at-work Windows XP system). I use tools described in > the above document to protect my base (and hence my virtual) machines . > . . The VirtualBox package has just been picked-up for ongoing support > and development by Sun Microsystems, and to me (for my purposes) > exhibits at least 3 times better performance than VMware. Also, it's > free . . . >
