Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 08:47:20 -0400 From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com To: fiber@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: how safe is FreeBSD 2.2.5 Message-ID: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EEACDF2D@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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> ---------- > From: Sanjit Roy[SMTP:fiber@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in] > > I need some advise regarding the security level in FreeBSD. Lately, a > lot of students in my university campus have been into hacking > activity. > I have a Linux (kernel 1.2.8) system on one of my mail gateways and > it's > a piece of cake becoming 'root' on that machine. I immediately need to > upgrade that to either REDHAT Linux 5.0 or FreeBSD 2.2.5. I have both > the flavours of unix available with me. > > What I want to know is : > > 1. which of the two is more secure? > I believe, FreeBSD > 2. Is shadow util really effective in Linux. Don't know if there's one > in FreeBSD? > Yes, it is effective if you enable it. FreeBSD has master.passwd which is functionally the same (and there are reasons why it's better for supporting many user account). > 3. what do i have to do/install to make my system secure i.e, what are > the available patches and where do i get them? > For Linux you will need at least to walk through inetd.conf and disable lots of never-used services that make system more vulnerable and are by some reason enabled by default in Linux. -Serge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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