More good tips! Thanks very much.
Reagards,
Bob
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>
> Leigh,
>
> Perhaps, in the spirit of cooperation, you would like to start the ball
> rolling....? After all, everyone one the list is supposed to be working
> together.
>
> I think that reading the documentation for network-cracking tools like
> SATAN is worthwhile, and updating assorted utilities on a Linux box is
> an essential - known secure (or, at least, more secure) versions of the
> likes of sendmail.
>
> Also, avoid NIS like the plague, never export NFS filesystems globally,
> and try to export NFS read-only if possible, disable fingerd, or get a
> modified version if you NEED to use it.
>
> Disable or delete unused or dormant system or user accounts.
>
> Subscribe to the CERT mailing list, so you at least get notification of
> security holes (have a look at the security page on linux weekly news,
> too) and also Phrack magazine.
>
> There must be more than just that.....
>
> Putting stuff like that out might stir a few people, but that's
> well-known stuff.
>
> Any opinions?
>
> Alan.
>
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