Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 05:03:18 +0530 From: Sanjit Roy <fiber@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: how safe is FreeBSD 2.2.5 Message-ID: <3553963E.F2C5DE6@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in>
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I need some advise regarding the security level in FreeBSD. Lately, a lot of students in my university campus have been into hacking activity. I have a Linux (kernel 1.2.8) system on one of my mail gateways and it's a piece of cake becoming 'root' on that machine. I immediately need to upgrade that to either REDHAT Linux 5.0 or FreeBSD 2.2.5. I have both the flavours of unix available with me. What I want to know is : 1. which of the two is more secure? 2. Is shadow util really effective in Linux. Don't know if there's one in FreeBSD? 3. what do i have to do/install to make my system secure i.e, what are the available patches and where do i get them? Hoping to hear from you soon. Sanjit. fiber@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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