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From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>,
        Fadi Sodah <sodah@qatar.net.qa>
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Subject: Re: security-tools
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On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 at 12:36 SAST, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Fadi Sodah wrote:
> 
> >it is vulnerable to attack?
> 
> Every system is vulnerable to an attack. Anyone who tells you otherwise is
> naive or malicious. Security is a very large issue and it is certainly
> much larger than the question that you asked would indicate.
> 
> Did you have a question about tools? Here is a list of tools for security
> on freebsd http://www.freebsd.org/ports/security.html
> 
> I would also recommend getting "The Essential System Admistration" by
> O'Reilly and Associates as a good first glance into what it takes to make
> a system secure.

Agreed.  Also "Practical Unix & Internet Security" by the same publisher.

And also the security howto at:  http://www.freebsd.org/~jkb/howto.html

-- V

Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559

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