Re: [SC-L] virtual server - security

2004-03-31 Thread Fernando Schapachnik
Working for an ISP in a previous life we used FreeBSD jails. There are kind-of-similar solutions for linux also (there's actually people in the list who sell them even). Good luck. En un mensaje anterior, Serban Gh. Ghita escribió: > Hello > > I am banging my head on the table every day, because

Re: [SC-L] virtual server - security

2004-03-31 Thread Louis Solomon [SteelBytes]
I am banging my head on the table every day, because i cannot find an elegant and safe solution to secure a virtual shared environment (server). Take the following facts: -you have a virtual server (unix) and you have to take care of a lot of clients. ... maybe something like plesk may be useful ht

RE: [SC-L] virtual server - security

2004-03-31 Thread Dave Paris
comments interspersed below... Kind Regards, -dsp > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Serban Gh. Ghita > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 4:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SC-L] virtual server - security > > > Hello > > I am banging

RE: [SC-L] virtual server - security

2004-03-31 Thread jnf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > comments interspersed below... likewise. > What's the point of the exercise if you're passing plaintext passwords > across on port 21? At the very least, mandate SCP/SFTP on port 22. yes because having a remote exploit every month or two for ro

Re: [SC-L] virtual server - use jail(8) on FreeBSD

2004-03-31 Thread Paco Hope
I wrote an article for USENIX :login; on FreeBSD jails a couple years ago. It describes their capabilities and why you might want to use them. http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2002-06/pdfs/hope.pdf I don't think you have to be a member to get that publication online, now that the article i

RE: [SC-L] virtual server - security

2004-03-31 Thread Jeremy Epstein
You might also consider one of the IPS products (e.g., Okena/Cisco, Entercept/NAI, or PlatformLogic), all of which will allow you to constrain what happens and may be somewhat more scalable than VMware if you need to run a bunch of instances of the virtual environment. > -Original Message-

Re: [SC-L] virtual server - security

2004-03-31 Thread Frank Peters
Tuesday 30 March 2004 11.05, Serban Gh. Ghita: > What are the options here. Any paper or book written about > this? su-wrapped MODPHP: http://www.suphp.org/Home.html (CGI is done via suexec) Even UML might be a Solution for you, if you have enough ressources. hth

Re: [SC-L] virtual server - IPS

2004-03-31 Thread Paco Hope
On 3/31/04 10:05 AM, "Jeremy Epstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might also consider one of the IPS products (e.g., Okena/Cisco, > Entercept/NAI, or PlatformLogic), all of which will allow you to constrain > what happens and may be somewhat more scalable than VMware if you need > to run a

RE: [SC-L] virtual server - security

2004-03-31 Thread Dave Paris
a few notes.. > -Original Message- > From: jnf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:23 AM > To: Dave Paris > Cc: Serban Gh. Ghita; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SC-L] virtual server - security [...] > > What's the point of the exercise if you're passing plaint