On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:23:06 -0500
Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   There are a few security issues I have noticed about debian's
> installation.
>  1) No firewall setup during the install process, as it would be a
> simple matter to run lokkit at the end of the install I fail to see
> why this is not
>  done.
>  2) Rpfilter and tcp syncookies are not enabled by default. Again
> this is a simple correction, and indeed has been mentioned in several
> open source linux guides for years.
>  3) Do we really need portmap, inetd, or nfs running by default on our
>  workstations?

There shouldn't be any ports open to internal network after
installation. Where do you need firewall after installation when you
can make one i.e. with iptables?

- Henri 'fgeek' Salo


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