From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 8 18: 1:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hecky.it.northwestern.edu (hecky.acns.nwu.edu [129.105.16.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E1EC37C08C for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 18:01:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djkanter@nwu.edu) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by hecky.it.northwestern.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA20914 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 20:01:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (coconut-19-028039.nuts.nwu.edu [165.124.28.39]) by hecky.acns.nwu.edu via smap (V2.0) id xma020785; Thu, 8 Jun 00 20:01:14 -0500 Received: (from david@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA24172 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 17:41:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 17:41:10 -0500 From: "David J. Kanter" To: FreeBSD questions Subject: Security for a lonely desktop Message-ID: <20000608174110.A24158@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i X-Organization: Northwestern University X-Operating-System: FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I run FreeBSD on a desktop, hook up to the Internet via a modem (with dynamic IP address assigning) and am the only user of this machine. Is security that much of an issue for someone like me, such that I'd have to make changes to the default FreeBSD set up? I've read about closing down inetd services that I'd never use: telnet, ftp, etc. Even turning off the sendmail daemon. Or, compiling a firewall into my kernel. But are these really necessary for a guy like me? I'm interested in what people have to say. -- David Kanter djkanter@nwu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message