From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 15 13:22: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cosrel1.hp.com (cosrel1.hp.com [156.153.255.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4521837BCEE for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:21:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from charles_dinkey@non.hp.com) Received: from amrelay1.boi.hp.com (amrelay1.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.24]) by cosrel1.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00037578; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:21:49 -0600 (MDT) Received: from xboibrg1.boi.hp.com (xboibrg1.boi.hp.com [15.56.8.167]) by amrelay1.boi.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with ESMTP id OAA12847; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:21:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: by xboibrg1.boi.hp.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:21:46 -0600 Message-ID: From: "DINKEY,GENE (Non-HP-Loveland,ex1)" To: "'Allan Peak'" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Security Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:21:32 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I would take a look at www.insecure.org among the other websites mentioned. They also distribute a rockin' port scanner called nmap that will help you to identify what is accessable from outside your machine. You may be surprised. They also have exploit lists for most major OS's. Gene >-----Original Message----- >From: Allan Peak [mailto:apeak_2000@yahoo.com] >Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:50 AM >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? > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! >http://photos.yahoo.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message