Great idea!
Bob
Richardson_seaforth, Leigh wrote:
>
> Is anybody prepared to knock up a quick list of security precautions people
> need to make before going on the web???
>
> Leigh
>
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> Subject: RE: [SuSE Linux] IRC - Ok, now what? ;)
>
> If you have an IP address....you can never keep somebody from finding it.
> There are enough scanners out there that anybody wanting to find a machine
> to hack can easily find one. Scanners can scan whole networks for services
> running on standard ports to find a machine to examine further. Don't run
> services you don't need (http, ftp, etc). This reduces your chance of being
> "scanned". Disable root login as was discussed already on this list.
>
> Rick
>
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