HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hello, If you know good documentation/Web pages about Security of Debian system and especially Web server, and how to set them right on Debian Box, please send me a note. Below is yet another story of hacker attack, which you may just ignore. Sorry if it is not exactly Debian issue. Thank

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread john
Sasha writes: Below is yet another story of hacker attack,... Please do not refer to these people as hackers. This is not Newsweek. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Ossama Othman
Below is yet another story of hacker attack,... Please do not refer to these people as hackers. This is not Newsweek. Okay...then what are they? Gremlins? Heh..sorry. :-) In all seriousness, what would you call them? I understand that those of us who hack code to improve it may also

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Below is yet another story of hacker attack,... Please do not refer to these people as hackers. This is not Newsweek. Okay...then what are they? Gremlins? Heh..sorry. :-) :cracker: /n./ One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defense against

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: : : Below is yet another story of hacker attack,... : : Please do not refer to these people as hackers. This is not Newsweek. : : Okay...then what are they? Gremlins? Heh..sorry. :-) : : In all seriousness, what would you call them? I

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Ossama Othman
: Who is right and who is wrong? I would have to say neither. Each of us : is entitled to their own interpretation. Sure. You're entitled to any interpretation you please, but that doesn't make you right. Take a look at the jargon file. Hey, I agree that the term hacker is misused.

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Ossama == Ossama Othman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : Who is right and who is wrong? I would have to say neither. Each of us : is entitled to their own interpretation. Sure. You're entitled to any interpretation you please, but that doesn't make you right. Take a look at the jargon

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Ossama Othman
However, if those of us who like to think of ourselves as hackers in the traditional sense of the word (and I;m talking computer tradition) take exception to your lumping us with egregious criminal miscreants, and flame you to a crisp, would that be fine too? Never did I lump

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread T-SNAKE
In any event, didn't the original poster have a question? Let's not become petty over a word like hacker. I can't answer the Q, but if someone would swallow some pride, maybe they could. Pardon me, Chris -- '\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\,/'\ Live on Real

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: : However, if those of us who like to think of ourselves as : hackers in the traditional sense of the word (and I;m talking : computer tradition) take exception to your lumping us with egregious : criminal miscreants, and flame you to a crisp,

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble

1998-02-27 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, As my final comment on this thread, I would like to say that the quotes that some of you are taking from my messages are taken out of context. Alone, they do sound like I am trashing hackers. However, if you look at the entire message(s) you should hopefully see that I really was trying to

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, To answer the original question: a) apache is considered to be quite secure. b) look at the comp.infosystems.*.cgi newsgroup FAQ about writing secure CGI programs. c) Try talking to CERT if you had a breakin. As to the rest, I agree this is getting silly ;-) Ossama