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Date:      Thu, 14 Mar 2002 05:17:31 -0500
From:      Steve Shorter <steve@nomad.lets.net>
To:        Chest Rockwell <cdgaming@msn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New BSD user with a couple Qs
Message-ID:  <20020314051731.A56353@nomad.lets.net>
In-Reply-To: <F18vFnciebfCrxZ3mFQ00006b53@hotmail.com>; from cdgaming@msn.com on Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 03:36:29AM -0600
References:  <F18vFnciebfCrxZ3mFQ00006b53@hotmail.com>

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On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 03:36:29AM -0600, Chest Rockwell wrote:
> 
> I've read a couple docs on how to secure my machine.  I just installed 4.4 
> stable.  I turned off pretty much everything except for ftp(users only, no 
> anon) and ssh.  I am a little familiar with redhat and remember editing my 
> hosts.deny file so that it locked out everyone except for my home and work 

	FreeBSD uses hosts.allow only.

> machines.  I think that I need to edit the /etc/rc.firewall file.  Is this a 
> good idea to deny everyone except for a few users and how would I do that?
> 
> I'm running 4.4 stable.  Is that good enough or should I get the 4.5 
> release?

	Depends. 4.4 is good, but 4.5 has some networking and
NFS fixes/improvements.

> 
> Do I need to upgrade/update any files or do anything else to secure the 
> machine?  If so, could you send me a good link or give me some help please?

	man security

	http://www.freebsd.org/security

	-steve

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