There is a program that probes a machine quite extensively for security holes (from what I hear from trusted sources). It is called SATAN (security analysis tool for auditing networks) Here is a few url's to get you going...
http://www.interaus.net/1995/6/satan.html http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/f-20.shtml http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9125110/satan.html I don't believe it is a debian package, someone feel free to prove me wrong because I truly don't know. On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: > Seems like there used to be a COPS package, or something similar, > that did a fairly automated security audit of one's Linux system. > > Can't seem to find or recollect what it was. Anyone know of a > program to do this? Is it a Debian package? > > Thanx! > > -- > Ken Gaugler N6OSK Santa Clara, California > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng > "The life of a Repo Man is always INTENSE..." > > ================================================================= | dpk | | | DECS, Systems Undergrad | It is better for them to think you | =========================== a fool, than to open your mouth | | work: 353.8892 | and prove it. -Mark Twain | | page: 253.0724 | | =================================================================
