Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.1 Choose a BIOS password

2012-03-13 Thread Darac Marjal
a BIOS password for a VPS? (I've never used a VPS, but someone told me that it's possible for some of them.) I've been told that it's not necessary because if someone reboot the machine I'll have no chance to enter the password. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch3

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.2.1 Choose an intelligent partition scheme

2012-03-09 Thread Rares Aioanei
On 03/08/2012 04:37 PM, Stayvoid wrote: The one which suits your needs :p Could you point me to the guide that actually explains this? Every guide I read says something like: do foo because foo is the right way. It doesn't make any sense. You're the only one who knows what you need. When you

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.9 Mounting partitions the right way

2012-03-09 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 15:39, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:07:21, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. This sounds great, but it: only applies to ext2 or ext3 file systems… [1] What about ext4 (and others)? You may safely assume ext4 includes any features that ext2

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.2 Execute a security update

2012-03-09 Thread Brad Alexander
://security.debian.org/ [CODENAME]/updates main contrib non-free Is this a good idea? I've thought that automatically is not a best choice. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.17.6 Protecting against ARP attacks

2012-03-09 Thread Brad Alexander
Read up on iptables. On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Stayvoid stayv...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. Implement IP traffic filtering validating the MAC address. How to do this? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Securing Debian Manual: 3.1 Choose a BIOS password

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
that it's possible for some of them.) I've been told that it's not necessary because if someone reboot the machine I'll have no chance to enter the password. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch3.en.html Cheers P.S. Sorry for those who already seen this post

Securing Debian Manual: 3.2.1 Choose an intelligent partition scheme

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. What partition scheme is the best for a VPS (MTA + web server)? According to the guide [1] I should use something like this: /home /tmp /var/tmp/ /var /opt /var/mail [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch3.en.html Cheers P.S. Sorry for those who already seen

Securing Debian Manual: 3.2.1.1 Selecting the appropriate file systems

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
for all partitions? [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch3.en.html Cheers P.S. Sorry for those who already seen this post. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Securing Debian Manual: 3.7 Install the minimum amount of software required

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
to manage any packages (so you will not be able to upgrade the system, which is not a Good Thing). I'm confused. Should I remove it? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch3.en.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Securing Debian Manual: 4.2 Execute a security update

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
non-free Is this a good idea? I've thought that automatically is not a best choice. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Securing Debian Manual: 4.2.1 Security update of libraries

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
. I'll upgrade from a remote connection (SSH). What should I do instead of this procedure? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.2.1 Security update of libraries

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Exercise caution when dealing with security upgrades if you are doing them over a remote connection like ssh. A suggested procedure for a security upgrade that involves a service restart is to restart the SSH daemon and then, inmediately, attempt a new ssh connection without breaking the previous

Securing Debian Manual: 4.2.2 Security update of the kernel

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
running? http://www.debian-administration.org/?article=70 Will it work with GRUB? * When the new system comes up the second time, disable the 'support' account. How to disable it? [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Securing Debian Manual: 4.8 Restricting system reboots through the console

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
if any of the users listed in the file are logged in. If none of them is, shutdown will not reboot the system. [1] What can I do to disable keyboard access at all? (I'll use a remote connection (SSH).) [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Securing Debian Manual: 4.9 Mounting partitions the right way

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. This sounds great, but it: only applies to ext2 or ext3 file systems… [1] What about ext4 (and others)? [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Securing Debian Manual: 4.9.1 Setting /tmp noexec

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. You can set this variable in /etc/apt/apt.conf to another directory with exec privileges other than /tmp. [1] Which directory should be selected? [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.1 User authentication: PAM

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cak5fs_fbj3nay32qwwbkkztu3m+egjyzkvasgxfaeko4zsw

Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.6 Using sudo

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. Violations, such as incorrect passwords or trying to run a program you don't have permission for, are logged and mailed to root. Where can I check this? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.9 User auditing

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. If you are really paranoid you might want to add a system-wide configuration to audit what the users are doing in your system. This sections presents some tips using diverse utilities you can use. Is it safe? Someone can read the logs. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian

Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.9.2 Using the shell history file

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cak5fs_eagcqb--usebusg-uoh+ws-hordtnemmnlnom2xn7...@mail.gmail.com

Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.11 Setting users umasks

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. Finally, you should consider changing root's default 022 umask (as defined in /root/.bashrc) to a more strict umask. Which one? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.12 Limiting what users can see/access

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. Describe the consequences of changing packages permissions when upgrading (an admin this paranoid should chroot his users BTW) if not using dpkg-statoverride. Could you provide more information on this? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers

Securing Debian Manual: 4.11 Using tcpwrappers

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. Beware: The above printed example is open to a DoS attack by making many connections in a short period of time. Many emails mean a lot of file I/O by sending only a few packets. How to avoid this? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers

Securing Debian Manual: 4.12.2 Configuring where alerts are sent

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
? Is it secure? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cak5fs_h_2fgtttfhtolafijk6qedky

Securing Debian Manual: 4.16.2 The ext2 filesystem specific attributes (chattr/lsattr)

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
to change a protected file would be to boot the system in single-user mode or using another bootdisk, two operations that require physical access to the machine ! What about the remote connections? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Securing Debian Manual: 4.17.2 Configuring syncookies

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. This option is a double-edged sword. On the one hand it protects your system against syn packet flooding; on the other hand it violates defined standards (RFCs). Is there a way to protect the server against syn flooding without RFCs' violation? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing

Securing Debian Manual: 4.17.6 Protecting against ARP attacks

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. Implement IP traffic filtering validating the MAC address. How to do this? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Securing Debian Manual: 5.1.4 Restricing access to file transfer only

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. ... Give users a restricted shell such as scponly or rssh. These shells restrict the commands available to the users so that they are not provided any remote execution privileges. Is it really necessary? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-sec-services.en.html

Securing Debian Manual: 10.4.2.1 Proactive defense

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. Note, however, that there are rootkits which might work even in this case, there are some that tamper with /dev/kmem (kernel memory) directly to make themselves undetectable. How to avoid those? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch10.en.html Cheers

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.2.1 Choose an intelligent partition scheme

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 16:49:15, Stayvoid wrote: What partition scheme is the best for a VPS (MTA + web server)? The one which suits your needs :p (SCNR) You really, really should read http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html first (this applies to all your other questions as well). Kind

Securing Debian Manual: 11.2 Backing up the system

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. From this shell, backup the information to another host if possible (maybe a network file server through NFS/FTP). What about SSH? Make sure to startup in single user mode, so no other Trojan processes run after the kernel. How to be sure? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing

Securing Debian Manual: 11.4 Forensic analysis

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
Hello. FIXME: Talk on how to do a debsums on a stable system with the MD5sums on CD and with the recovered file system restored on a separate partition. How to do it? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-after-compromise.en.html Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.2.1 Choose an intelligent partition scheme

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
You really, really should read http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html first (this applies to all your other questions as well). I read it some time ago. Sorry for zillions of questions, but I really want to hear some thoughts on these topics. The guide is outdated and I hope it'll help

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 10.4.2.1 Proactive defense

2012-03-08 Thread Mr_Queue
In ten years I've never seen so much of a flood sent to this list. Please see the following URL and place each one of your emails in the magic box. http://lmgtfy.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.2.1 Choose an intelligent partition scheme

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
The one which suits your needs :p Could you point me to the guide that actually explains this? Every guide I read says something like: do foo because foo is the right way. It doesn't make any sense. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.1 Choose a BIOS password

2012-03-08 Thread Tom H
Are you trying to beat some number-of-posts-record?! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=Sx3vvxCKE+8Wn_Zrc-_nXP0bOrAOkqNw7zQCxq=qhb...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 10.4.2.1 Proactive defense

2012-03-08 Thread Stayvoid
In ten years I've never seen so much of a flood sent to this list. I'm really sorry for this, but it's not that easy to find. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.1 Choose a BIOS password

2012-03-08 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:46:24 +0300, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. (...) Hi. Before going any further, would you care to explain what's going on here? Were you bitten by a dancing bug or something like that? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.2.1 Choose an intelligent partition scheme

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:35:38, Stayvoid wrote: You really, really should read http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html first (this applies to all your other questions as well). I read it some time ago. Well, maybe you should read it again. I'm not kidding, I've read it myself several

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.1 Choose a BIOS password

2012-03-08 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 07:12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:46:24 +0300, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. (...) Hi. Before going any further, would you care to explain what's going on here? Were you bitten by a dancing bug or something like that? Agree on that.

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.6 Using sudo

2012-03-08 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 06:13, Stayvoid stayv...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. Violations, such as incorrect passwords or trying to run a program you don't have permission for, are logged and mailed to root. Where can I check this? Log in/switch to root and run a mail reader, e.g. Mutt If you

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.2.1.1 Selecting the appropriate file systems

2012-03-08 Thread Brad Alexander
file system. [1] This manual covers only ext-related features. Should I use ext4 instead of ext3 for all partitions? [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch3.en.html Cheers P.S. Sorry for those who already seen this post. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 10.4.2.1 Proactive defense

2012-03-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hi Stayvoid! Thanks for what I perceive to be an attempt to help to improve the securing Debian manual. Am Donnerstag, 8. März 2012 schrieb Stayvoid: Hello. Note, however, that there are rootkits which might work even in this case, there are some that tamper with /dev/kmem (kernel memory

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.9.2 Using the shell history file

2012-03-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
it this way. How to make this? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html Well its explained there in quite a good detail. The command for changing attributes is mentioned some sentences above and if you want to tackle anything out of this manual, you´d properly better

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 11.4 Forensic analysis

2012-03-08 Thread Arnt Karlsen
to do it? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-after-compromise.en.html Cheers ..try 'man -k debsums' (or 'apropos debsums') and then read e.g. 'man debsums', there are a few more suggestions. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 10.4.2.1 Proactive defense

2012-03-08 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:21:12 +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Hi Stayvoid! I am overwhelmed by your posting flood. I'm not. He is already in the bozo bin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 3.7 Install the minimum amount of software required

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 16:54:09, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. The presence, for example, of development utilities (a C compiler) or interpreted languages (such as perl - but see below -, python, tcl...) may help an attacker compromise the system… So, without Perl and, unless you remake these utilities

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.2 Execute a security update

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 16:55:51, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. To manually update the system, put the following line in your sources.list and you will get security updates automatically, whenever you update your system. Replace [CODENAME] with the release codename, e.g. squeeze. deb

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.8 Restricting system reboots through the console

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:05:40, Stayvoid wrote: What can I do to disable keyboard access at all? (I'll use a remote connection (SSH).) Does your VPS have a keyboard? Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers:

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.9 Mounting partitions the right way

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:07:21, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. This sounds great, but it: only applies to ext2 or ext3 file systems… [1] What about ext4 (and others)? You may safely assume ext4 includes any features that ext2 and ext3 include. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.1 User authentication: PAM

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:13:06, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. Add root and the other users that should be able to su to the root user to this group. I'll be the only user of the server. Should I create a guest user for me? Will it be enough to have a root access? It is considered good practice to use

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.10.11 Setting users umasks

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:18:07, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. Finally, you should consider changing root's default 022 umask (as defined in /root/.bashrc) to a more strict umask. Which one? If you understand umask(s) you will know. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 4.12.2 Configuring where alerts are sent

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:21:02, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. There are other role accounts and aliases on your system. On a small system, it's probably simplest to make sure that all such aliases point to the root account, and that mail to root is forwarded to the system administrator's personal

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 5.1.4 Restricing access to file transfer only

2012-03-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:25:53, Stayvoid wrote: Hello. ... Give users a restricted shell such as scponly or rssh. These shells restrict the commands available to the users so that they are not provided any remote execution privileges. Is it really necessary? Do you (plan to) have users with

Securing Debian

2012-01-26 Thread Stayvoid
Hello there! I'm going to run my own server (website + MTA). Here is the chosen solution: https://www.gandi.net/hosting/vps/dedicated (Debian 6 64 bits without Gandi AI). Is it OK? This is my first attempt to administer a server and I want to be as secure as possible. Could you give any advice

Re: Securing Debian

2012-01-26 Thread Dom
(SSH etc.)? I'd like to use this server as a proxy too. (I don't want to give anyone a chance to look through my traffic.) Is it a good idea? Is it even possible? Are there any better solutions for this purpose? The first thing you should look at is http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing

Re: Securing Debian

2012-01-26 Thread Stayvoid
I knew about it. But I need more information. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cak5fs_emuze7_t28gvzy12cbci5euywaw4kjxmbd2wkcet1...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Securing Debian

2012-01-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 26 ian 12, 19:35:46, Stayvoid wrote: I knew about it. But I need more information. You could start by saying what specific points you are missing from it. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers:

Re: Securing debian box

2007-02-24 Thread Alexander Wasmuth
* Jim Hyslop wrote: PermitRootLogin no RSAAuthentication no PubkeyAuthentication yes IgnoreRhosts yes RhostsRSAAuthentication no HostbasedAuthentication no PermitEmptyPasswords no ChallengeResponseAuthentication no PasswordAuthentication no UsePAM yes Subsystem sftp

Re: Securing debian box

2007-02-24 Thread Franck Joncourt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Wasmuth wrote: * Jim Hyslop wrote: PermitRootLogin no RSAAuthentication no PubkeyAuthentication yes IgnoreRhosts yes RhostsRSAAuthentication no HostbasedAuthentication no PermitEmptyPasswords no ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

Re: Securing debian box

2007-02-24 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Wasmuth wrote: I've also added Protocol 2 to omit ssh 1 and I set UsePam to no because I wasn't able to prohibit password authentication with PAM enabled. I'm currently not planning on using PAM, but I'll disable it anyway - that way if

Securing debian box

2007-02-23 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have a Debian box on my home network (currently running Sarge, and when I have two seconds to rub together I'll upgrade to Etch). I want to be able to ssh into the machine from outside the home network, e.g. if I'm at a coffee shop with a WAP.

Re: Securing debian box

2007-02-23 Thread David Watson
On Friday 23 February 2007 22:05, Jim Hyslop wrote: Oh, and when this is all OK, I'll set up port forwarding on my firewall to send port 22 to the machine in question. C/C++ * OOD * SW Development Practices * Version Management Changing the default port number for ssh connections also

Re: Securing debian box

2007-02-23 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 05:05:24PM -0500, Jim Hyslop wrote: I've set the following options in my sshd_config (these aren't all the options, just the ones that appear to me to be relevant to my question): PermitRootLogin no RSAAuthentication no On my system I have 'RSAAuthentication yes'

securing debian, pam

2006-02-06 Thread gcrimp
Hi, I've been hardening a box (woody installation upgraded to sarge) by following along the Securing Debian howto. I added the following two lines (which aren't exact copies of those in the hwoto) to /etc/pam.d/common-password: password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlength=12 difok=3

Re: Questions on Securing Debian Howto

2006-02-03 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello nddias ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I am setting up a Debian (sarge) webserver to run over my home DSL connection. I've been using my best common sense and a whole lot of googling to follow along with the Securing Debian Howto, but I still have some questions/need clarifications on some

Questions on Securing Debian Howto

2006-02-02 Thread nddias
Hi, I am setting up a Debian (sarge) webserver to run over my home DSL connection. I've been using my best common sense and a whole lot of googling to follow along with the Securing Debian Howto, but I still have some questions/need clarifications on some points. The numbers in parentheses refer

Re: Questions on Securing Debian Howto

2006-02-02 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 03:26:15PM -0800, nddias wrote: These sections refer to modifying apt.conf, but this file doesn't exist...instead there is an /etc/apt/apt.conf.d directory and in it a 70debconf file. I can't find any docs on how this directory structure works or the proper way to

Re: Questions on Securing Debian Howto

2006-02-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On 2 Feb 2006 15:26:15 -0800 nddias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 4.2.2 Security update of the Kernel I recompiled and installed a 2.6.8 kernel w/ local APIC support disabled because I was getting spurious interrupt messages. I also enabled Athlon support. There are kernel packages for Athlon

Re: Securing Debian Manual

2005-03-09 Thread Marcos Vinicius Lazarini
@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:32 AM Subject: Re: Securing Debian Manual Ola, Tem uma versão *MUITO* desatualizada dele, acho que foi traduzida em 2000 por alguém da ProcerGS. Ela existe no site velho do Debian-br, acho que em http://debian-br.alioth.debian.org/velho/, de

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-20 Thread Heimo Ponnath
Hallo, Am Freitag, 19. November 2004 17:12 schrieb Malte Spiess: #echo           stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal #echo           dgram   udp     wait    root    internal #chargen        stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal #chargen        dgram   udp     wait    root    internal

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hallo Heimo Ponnath ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Bertram, Christian, Andreas, Walter und Martin: es wäre nett, wenn Ihr zwei oder drei Worte verlieren könntet, die diese (auch meine) Lücke schliessen helfen. Hier ist eine kurze Erklärung (Google inetd discard):

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-20 Thread Malte Spiess
Malte Spiess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hallo, um meine Sicherheit verbessern zu können, wollte ich mal den Securing-Debian-Guide durchlesen. Da bin ich schon am inetd-Service gescheitert. Leider finde ich die Doku in der Manpage unzureichend, auch im Internet habe ich nichts gefunden. Ich

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-20 Thread Heimo Ponnath
Hallo Andreas, Am Samstag, 20. November 2004 11:03 schrieb Andreas Janssen: http://www.linuxfibel.de/inetd.htm Prima, danke Andreas! Den Linuxfibel-Link werde ich mal in meine Bookmarks packen. Gruß von Heimo -- Heimo Ponnath Webdesign, Rotenhäuserstr. 51, 21109 Hamburg Tel: 040-753 47

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-20 Thread Walter Saner
Heimo Ponnath schrieb: Bertram, Christian, Andreas, Walter und Martin scheinen ja zu wissen, welche Dienste sich hinter den einzelnen Zeilen verbergen. man inetd: | [...] For details of these services, consult the appropriate RFC [...] Ciao Walter -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-20 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hallo, Am Samstag, 20. Nov 2004, 10:50:39 +0100 schrieb Heimo Ponnath: Am Freitag, 19. November 2004 17:12 schrieb Malte Spiess: #echo           stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal #echo           dgram   udp     wait    root    internal #chargen        stream  tcp     nowait  root    

inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-19 Thread Malte Spiess
Hallo, um meine Sicherheit verbessern zu können, wollte ich mal den Securing-Debian-Guide durchlesen. Da bin ich schon am inetd-Service gescheitert. Leider finde ich die Doku in der Manpage unzureichend, auch im Internet habe ich nichts gefunden. Ich will aber auch nichts deaktivieren, was ich

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-19 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hallo, Am Freitag, 19. Nov 2004, 17:12:23 +0100 schrieb Malte Spiess: [...] Da bin ich schon am inetd-Service gescheitert. [...] Kennt jemand eine Einführung dazu / kann mir wenigstens meine .conf-Datei erklären? P.S.: Meine /etc/inetd.conf-Datei: (gekürzt) discard stream tcp

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-19 Thread Christian Schmidt
Hallo Malte, Malte Spiess, 19.11.2004 (d.m.y): um meine Sicherheit verbessern zu können, wollte ich mal den Securing-Debian-Guide durchlesen. Da bin ich schon am inetd-Service gescheitert. Leider finde ich die Doku in der Manpage unzureichend, auch im Internet habe ich nichts gefunden. Ich

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hallo Malte Spiess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: um meine Sicherheit verbessern zu können, wollte ich mal den Securing-Debian-Guide durchlesen. Da bin ich schon am inetd-Service gescheitert. Leider finde ich die Doku in der Manpage unzureichend, auch im Internet habe ich nichts gefunden. Ich

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-19 Thread Walter Saner
Malte Spiess schrieb: um meine Sicherheit verbessern zu können, wollte ich mal den Securing-Debian-Guide durchlesen. Da bin ich schon am inetd-Service gescheitert. update-rc.d -f inetd remove Ist die Welt zu kompliziert, mach' sie einfach. Ciao Walter -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und

Re: inetd-Bechreibung / securing Debian

2004-11-19 Thread Martin Schmitz
Malte Spiess wrote: im Internet habe ich nichts gefunden. Ich will aber auch nichts deaktivieren, was ich doch brauche. Oh, das ist ganz einfach. Wenn Du nicht weißt, was etwas ist, dann brauchst Du es auch nicht. ;-) Martin -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ):

Re: Securing Debian

2003-11-13 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:31:44PM +, Geoff Thurman wrote: There are a lot of links here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=threadid=45261 There was a good piece about security on the same site roughly a fortnight ago, but I can't find it now. I might post again

Re: Securing Debian

2003-11-13 Thread Geoff Thurman
On Thursday 13 November 2003 6:58 am, Johann Spies wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:31:44PM +, Geoff Thurman wrote: There are a lot of links here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=threadid= 45261 There was a good piece about security on the same site

Re: Securing Debian

2003-11-13 Thread Rick Weinbender
Thanks for the help! -Rick ** Rick Weinbender wrote: I have an email server (qmail running on debian), that I need to make as secure as possible. Can anyone point me to some good links that relate to security? Has anyone used bastille? What do you think of it? Thanks, -Rick --

Securing Debian

2003-11-12 Thread Rick Weinbender
I have an email server (qmail running on debian), that I need to make as secure as possible. Can anyone point me to some good links that relate to security? Has anyone used bastille? What do you think of it? Thanks, -Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Securing Debian

2003-11-12 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 16:19, Rick Weinbender wrote: I have an email server (qmail running on debian), that I need to make as secure as possible. Can anyone point me to some good links that relate to security? Have you read http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto

Re: Securing Debian

2003-11-12 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Rick Weinbender ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have an email server (qmail running on debian), that I need to make as secure as possible. Can anyone point me to some good links that relate to security? You might want to take a look at the securing debian howto that is part of the harden

Re: Securing Debian

2003-11-12 Thread Benedict Verheyen
well. You may als look at: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/index.en.html Personally i do this to harden a server: - remove all unnecessary software - add firewall script - run bastille (hardening) - install file integrity checker (i'm testing samhain at the moment) - install

Re: Securing Debian

2003-11-12 Thread Geoff Thurman
, -Rick I used bastille in the past and found it to do it's job quite well. You may als look at: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/index.en.html Personally i do this to harden a server: - remove all unnecessary software - add firewall script - run bastille (hardening

Re: Securing debian

2002-11-11 Thread Tim Dijkstra
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 18:06:22 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: Joyce, Matthew [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-11-11 10:03:10 +1100]: To be able to send and receive emails. SMTP Port 25 Also for ssl. To access email via IMAP and POP3, including ssl. IMAP: 143, IMAP over SSL:993

Re: Securing debian

2002-11-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:03:10AM +1100, Joyce, Matthew wrote: Hi, I work with a network, which is part of a much bigger network. The big network is managed by someone else. I am setting up a debian box, it will eventually do mail and web stuff for us. At the moment I have to ask

Re: Securing debian

2002-11-10 Thread Chris Cioffi
Joyce, Matthew wrote: Should I ask for all access control to be removed from the ip address of the box, and then secure the box within debian, or is it well worth having that extra level of security on the router ? It is worth the security of the router. Unless you are very very very sure

Re: Securing debian

2002-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Joyce, Matthew [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-11-11 10:03:10 +1100]: At the moment I have to ask for ports to be opened on our networks router, and they are not really happy with me going back to them again and again, asking for new ports to be opened. Should I ask for all access control to be

Securing Debian o asegurando debian en ingles... :o)

2002-10-01 Thread Luis Diaz
Encontre en Link en www.Linux4u.com.ar espero que miren los 2 sitios el link que paso aca abajo es Securing Debian y si, esta en ingles espero q les sea util http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/harden-doc/html/securing-debian-howto/ P.D.: Seba, pasalo a la lista los de yahoo siguen sin darme

Re: Securing Debian o asegurando debian en ingles... :o)

2002-10-01 Thread Dario Jolodovsky
Hola! alguien sabe si se puede bajar en pdf o algun formato imprimible este manual!? Gracias Dario -- Mensaje original -- Encontre en Link en www.Linux4u.com.ar espero que miren los 2 sitios el link que paso aca abajo es Securing Debian y si, esta en ingles espero q les sea util http

Re: Securing Debian o asegurando debian en ingles... :o)

2002-10-01 Thread Héctor Andrés Rompato Carricart
Dario Jolodovsky escribió:: Hola! alguien sabe si se puede bajar en pdf o algun formato imprimible este manual!? Gracias Dario -- Mensaje original -- Encontre en Link en www.Linux4u.com.ar espero que miren los 2 sitios el link que paso aca abajo es Securing Debian y si, esta en ingles

Securing Debian HOWTO

2001-11-22 Thread Edi STOJICEVIC
bonjour, Ce document existe-t-il en français ? Si oui, où le trouver ? Si non est-il possible de le traduire ? Je serais intéressé de faire la traduction :) A+ +==+ | Why Reboot ?? | | Use Debian GNu/Linux | | www.debianworld.org|

Re: Securing debian howto

2001-11-15 Thread Hue-Bond
Amaya, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:04:45(+0100): David Serrano dijo: Si no me explico avisadme que me extiendo más :^). Avisado quedas :-) En el documento pone: -- The first thing I like to do, is to add MD5 support to PAM applications, since this helps protects against dictionary cracks.

Re: Securing debian howto

2001-11-13 Thread Amaya
David Serrano dijo: Si no me explico avisadme que me extiendo más :^). Avisado quedas :-) -- Open your mind, and your ass will follow- Michael Balzary, aka Flea, RHCP Amaya Rodrigo Sastre www.andago.com Sta Engracia, 54 28010 Madrid BOFH-dev CVS Evangelist

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