Hi George Bonser; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote: > > > Interesting ... after reading the above messages, I decided to check out > > my /var/log files and found a whole suite of "in.telnetd[XXX]: connect" > > statements. > > > > Should I be worried ... or does Debian come secure out of the box? > > > > Debian is as secure as the passwords that you choose. If you have no root > password and go on the internet, you are asking for major problems. Debian > asks you to set a password and create a user account at install time. You > are as secure as the passwords you choose. > > You can further limit who can connect with /etc/hosts.allow and > /etc/hosts.deny > > For example in /etc/hosts.deny: > > in.telnetd: .uu.net > > Would block any login attempts from anyone on a uu.net address. > > > > George Bonser >
Ahhh, that is what I wanted, but didn't know how to ask..great. thanks again damir
