Date: 15 Jun 2000 14:19:50 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, apeak_2000@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Security Message-ID: <44ln06g62h.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: "James A. Peltier"'s message of "Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:07:46 -0700" References: <20000615164939.2204.qmail@web1609.mail.yahoo.com> <007c01bfd6ec$3c11f920$4b2b35d1@aspert.com>
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"James A. Peltier" <james@aspert.com> wrote (using Microsoft Outlook, which is kind of amusingly ironic as a source of security advice): > check websites like www.lopht.com www.rootshell.com hack.box.sk there > are plenty of sites on the net that can help you "think" like a cracker > to protect your machines. First thing of all, though, start at: http://www.freebsd.org/security/ paying attention primarily to the "FreeBSD Security Tips and Tricks" section. Also, get up to speed on Unix in general in order to avoid making mistakes that are presumed to be "obvious" to a system administrator, such as not running as root when you don't need to. A good start is: http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html > From: Allan Peak <apeak_2000@yahoo.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Subject: Security > > > > I know very little about system security. Is there > > any good and easy to understand info that would help > > me defend against crackers? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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