From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 29 14:51:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from grace.speakeasy.org (grace.speakeasy.org [216.254.0.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83E8A37B545 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:51:18 -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 e2TMpHY25457 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:51:17 -0800 Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:51:16 -0800 (PST) From: Scott To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Help securing an out-of-box installation Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@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-questions" in the body of the message