brian, you didn't really leave anything out hehe .. for the average user,
or rather, anyone using linux as a workstation .. there's only 3 real keys
to keeping your box secure. disable any services that aren't to be used,
get that firewall setup, and keep your software up to date. :)
abe
On Su
On Sun, 13 May 2001, Brian Sweeney wrote:
> Last week, against our direct order, a user at my organization put a (near
> as we can tell) unpatched RHL6.2 box on the network. He was compromised in
> under 12 hours; I haven't gotten the chance to recover the logs to figure
> out exactly when. It'
Brian Sweeney:
> "The life expectancy of an unpatched, default installation of Red Hat 6.2
> server is three days. The last time we attempted to confirm this, the system
> was compromised in eight hours."
> -The Honeynet Project
One of the sysadmins at my *old* job left his laptop with Windows 20
On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 10:22:48PM -0700, Brian Sweeney wrote:
> "The life expectancy of an unpatched, default installation of Red Hat 6.2
> server is three days. The last time we attempted to confirm this, the system
> was compromised in eight hours."
> -The Honeynet Project
The only time I've e
Hey all-
Man, we've been active this weekend. I didn't check my mail for a while and
I've got >100 messages, LOTS from here. Then I saw the whole troll thing.
Yuk. 'Nuff said. But it's nice to know that when a heated topic comes up,
once again there are linuxchix all over willing to contribut
