From owner-freebsd-security Wed Mar 29 11:16:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from grace.speakeasy.org (grace.speakeasy.org [216.254.0.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0139137B63B for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:15:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scotte@speakeasy.org) Received: from localhost (scotte@localhost) by grace.speakeasy.org (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id e2TJFnn04368 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:15:53 -0800 Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:15:48 -0800 (PST) From: Scott To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Help securing fresh install from CD Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello to all: I have just ordered a new PC to install the January release of FreeBSD from CD. I was wondering how secure FreeBSD is out-of-the-box, and what additional steps I need to take in securing it. My experience has been with securing Linux and Solaris boxes - commenting out non-needed services in /etc/inetd.conf, looking for SUID and GUID programs, installing SSH, etc. What specifics are needed for FreeBSD, also considering this system will likely double as a firewall. Thanks. Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message