From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 28 7: 5:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from clark.mantech.com (clark.mantech.com [206.65.236.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B096837B406 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 07:05:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david.nixon@mantech.com) Received: from CORP-GW.mantech.com (corp-gw.mantech.com [206.65.236.37]) by clark.mantech.com (Switch-2.0.6/Switch-2.0.6) with SMTP id f7SDsSv09635 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:54:28 -0400 Received: from GATEWAYS-Message_Server by CORP-GW.mantech.com with Novell_GroupWise; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:04:56 -0400 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.5.4.1 Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:04:46 -0400 From: "David Nixon" To: , Subject: Re: Security on FreeBSD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_653FD818.BFDE8E53" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=_653FD818.BFDE8E53 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cool idea. Lucky for you something like it has already been done but do a = little research first. I would first give Marty Reoch a shout. He might know of a similar = project underway to point you at or Sourcefire might be developing = something in the wings. Sourcefire might be more than happy to include = your efforts into a project like this. Why duplicate a currently ongoing = open source project? If those don't pan out then do what Steve Jobs does = and I quote. "Good inventors create. Great inventors steal." NFR has a = IDS that boots off of CD-Rom. I have heard two stories that it is based = on FreeBSD or OpenBSD. Get your hands on a demo and do some investigating = into what NFR believes is the very minimal in needed files for a BSD = flavor server. Happy hunting, --David >>> "Not Going to Tell You" 08/27/01 05:25PM >>> We would like to have a script written that removes all files not needed = for=20 a FreeBSD server. Does anyone know a place that has a list of which = files=20 are associated with which program? We are trying to build an IDS using SNORT1.8-RELEASE, LINUX emulation, = and=20 sshd. All other programs that are not needed need to be removed, = including=20 all manpages. Thanks, Lucky Wolf --=_653FD818.BFDE8E53 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML
Cool idea.  Lucky for you something like it has = already=20 been done but do a little research first.
 
I would first give Marty Reoch a shout.  He might = know of=20 a similar project underway to point you at or Sourcefire might be = developing=20 something in the wings.  Sourcefire might be more than happy to = include=20 your efforts into a project like this.  Why duplicate a currently = ongoing=20 open source project?  If those don't pan out then do what = Steve Jobs=20 does and I quote.  "Good inventors create.  Great inventors=20 steal."  NFR has a IDS that boots off of CD-Rom.  I have heard = two=20 stories that it is based on FreeBSD or OpenBSD.  Get your hands on a = demo=20 and do some investigating into what NFR believes is the very minimal in = needed=20 files for a BSD flavor server.
 
Happy hunting,
--David

>>> "Not Going to Tell You" <luckywolf19@hotmail.com&g= t;=20 08/27/01 05:25PM >>>
We would like to have a script written = that=20 removes all files not needed for
a FreeBSD server. Does anyone know a = place=20 that has a list of which files
are associated with which program?
We=20 are trying to build an IDS using SNORT1.8-RELEASE, LINUX emulation, and=20
sshd. All other programs that are not needed need to be removed, = including=20
all manpages.

Thanks,

Lucky Wolf

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