Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:53:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> To: brianmcg <bmcgroarty@high-voltage.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE - validating security Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811101851350.14483-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> In-Reply-To: <19981110055405612-47f124e@high-voltage.com>
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> > The last aspect I'd like to test is security. I've got my test box up and > running as newtoy.com on the net presently, and next week I hope to make a > public posting offering $100 out of pocket to the first person who can get in > and retrieve either mail or news from my machine and tell me how they did it. If > the configuration stands up in that kind of a hostile environment, I would feel > confident that it would be secure against curious co-workers on our isolated > network. > You might want to write up a legal document about this. I doubt many people will try, if they can get into serious trouble. Also, install tcp_wrappers.. and disable any unnecessary ports to people you don't know (ie ipfw, hosts.allow). -- Phillip Salzman "one upon a drift of wine and blood.." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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