On Thursday 06 June 2002 08:40 pm, you wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, et wrote: > > Msec ain't a service you run, it is a script that sets security > > permissions, and I bet you ran it durring the install. Do you remember a > > question where one of the possible answers was "paraniod"? or "open to > > crackers"? or "should only be used on workstations not connected to a > > network"? as I understand it.... that was msec where you picked the > > security level for the box. maybe it is only under expert install, since > > I never yet (maybe this weekend I will give it a try, just for grins) > > have installed as "recomended". > > Ahh, I usually choose the "Open to Crackers" option and roll my own > iptables scripts. IF you REALLY know what you are doing, that gives you security thru the firewall, and NAT, but there are a bunch of other ways to add security to the box, and that is where Msec and the related scripts come in.... of course if all you need is NAT,,,la la dee da
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