port scan detection on server

2010-11-18 Thread Tapas Mishra
On this page http://packages.ubuntu.com/pl/lucid/psad it mentions psad works on 2.2 kernels and 2.4 does it not work on 2.6 kernels. Is there any other way to block port scan attempts on server. -- http://mightydreams.blogspot.com -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com htt

Server Team 20101116 meeting minutes

2010-11-18 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Hi, Here are the minutes of the meeting. They can also be found online with the irc logs here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20101116. Minutes == Meeting Actions == * ALL: please check the SRU tracker https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/SRUTracker and help out with verificati

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Chuck Short
On 11/18/2010 03:08 PM, Mathias Gug wrote: > Excerpts from Robbie Williamson's message of Thu Nov 18 13:34:58 -0500 2010: >> On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 16:22 +, Colin Watson wrote: >>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:08:47AM -0600, Robbie Williamson wrote: On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 16:04 +, Colin Wa

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Luke Faraone
On 11/18/2010 12:04 PM, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Colin Watson wrote: >> No, it's not. In Maverick it was arguably buried. In Natty, it is the >> very top entry on the tasksel menu, and the cursor rests on it when you >> reach that screen. > [snip] > > I would gla

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread C de-Avillez
On 11/18/2010 09:49 AM, Marc Deslauriers wrote: >>> Q: What if the openssh-server package is compromised on the ISO? >>> A: Although this has happened before, it is relatively rare over the >>> history of Ubuntu. If/when this happens again, we would need to: >>>a) recommend that people choo

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Colin Watson wrote: > (Please, in future, do not cross-post between the moderated ubuntu-devel > and the unmoderated ubuntu-devel-discuss.  Doing so produces time lags > which confuse people.) Dang. Sorry, Colin. Live and learn. > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 03:38:

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Robbie Williamson
On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 15:38 -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > This proposal requests that: > 1) a new prompt be added to the Ubuntu Server installer Having gone through the install of RHEL, SLES, CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu this past week, I don't think adding this is a big deal. I our install will

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 04:38:53 pm Dustin Kirkland wrote: > Q: Why not default the cursor on that question to "No", instead of "Yes"? > A: That totally bypasses the value of this proposal, and is only > microscopically better than what we currently have ... Dustin, I think this seriousl

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Marc Deslauriers
Hello, On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 08:00 -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > > -- > > | If you need a secure connection to this > > | server remotely, you may wish to install > > | the openssh-server package. Note that > > | this service will ope

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Thursday, November 18, 2010 04:21:42 am sam tygier wrote: > On 17/11/10 21:38, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > > This proposal requests that: > > 1) a new prompt be added to the Ubuntu Server installer > > 2) this prompt be dedicated to the boolean installation, or > > > > non-installation, of the

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Nicolas Barcet
On 11/18/2010 03:00 PM, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > I inadvertently left ubuntu-server@ off of the original distribution. > > Sorry about that. CC'ing now. > > There are a few responses already in the thread: > * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-November/thread.html And here is

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Dustin Kirkland
I inadvertently left ubuntu-server@ off of the original distribution. Sorry about that. CC'ing now. There are a few responses already in the thread: * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-November/thread.html Thanks, Dustin On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Dustin Kirkland wrot