Re: [techtalk] Tightening Security

2001-02-20 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 01:44:04AM -0500, Christian MacAuley wrote: > On Monday 19 February 2001 17:53, you wrote: > > > It could also mean that your box has been cracked. What ports has it > > supposedly been scanning? > > Today the server was reported to have made a SYN attack against some n

Re: [techtalk] Tightening Security

2001-02-20 Thread James A. Sutherland
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Christian MacAuley wrote: > Recently i've gotten a few complaints about probes/scans from one of my > computers (a Cobalt Linux server.) I've looked at my logs and i can see no > one was logged into it at the time that the scans were reported. Does that > mean someone is sp

Re: [techtalk] Networking Courses

2001-02-20 Thread J B
>they don't offer the actual certification tests however, but the >tests themselves run (i believe) $200 or so a pop... The tests are $100 each from Sylvan Prometric, and the schools usually do not include the tests, unless it is a special dealeven the $2000 per course schools usually do n

Re: [techtalk] Networking Courses

2001-02-20 Thread stephanie1200
I took a class recently from Global Knowledge called "IT Bootcamp". it was $2500, 5 days, and delivered in locations around the US every week. It wasn't bad, definitely worthwhile for me. my job payed for the class and were good about the time away from the office. The propaganda makes it s

Re: [techtalk] Tightening Security

2001-02-20 Thread marisa mack
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 11:23:23PM -0800, damask0 sed: > 2) Make sure that there aren't any ports listening that you don't need. > Go through /etc/services and comment out all the lines that are > unnecessary. (Careful what you lose, though. For example, some MTA > need identd.) Use /etc/serv