Rodolfo J. Paiz writes: >It is true that Glen should never have been hacked three times, and that >this fact alone shows carelessness or ignorance bordering on >irresponsibility. It is also true that most of us are, at one time or
Some things we need to get clear here: The first time I was hacked was on a remote Linux server I was leasing which was behind a firewall that I did not control. That system was configured wholly different from my home system and is in a different state. The second time I was hacked, it was on my home system. I immediately wiped the computer and upgraded it as far as I could considering that the Red Hat installer no longer runs on 16 MB RAM. The third time I was hacked WHOEVER HACKED ME FOUND A SECURITY HOLE IN EITHER NAMED OR SENDMAIL. THERE WERE NO OTHER PORTS ACTIVE. I HAD ONLY NAMED AND SENDMAIL RUNNING. ALL OTHER SERVICE PORTS WERE CLOSED. TELNET, INETD, and FTP WEREN'T EVEN INSTALLED. The only mistake I made was in remaining loyal to Red Hat after they adopted a policy to put out distributions that I can't install. I should have immediately dumped them. Glen _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
