Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:53:57 -0600 From: mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: naive security question Message-ID: <20011205115357.A32850@mikea.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20011205174654.93719.qmail@web21009.mail.yahoo.com>; from mattmsykes@yahoo.co.uk on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 05:46:54PM %2B0000 References: <20011205174654.93719.qmail@web21009.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 05:46:54PM +0000, Matt Sykes wrote: > My question is: how confident should I be? Is it really worthwhile > for me to spend time setting up tripwire, kernel levels, etc? How > many people are that really that paranoid (paranoia being a good > thing)? I am a software developer (this box is at work), so the more > time I spend developing software the better. Everyone's mileage varies - sometimes a lot. Is your machine inside a firewall? If so, then P(outside attack) goes down significantly for a good firewall configuration. If you are concerned about your co-workers attacking you, then you need to implement the same protections as for an outside attack -- and IMHO to go job-junting. My FreeBSD machine here at work has tripwire installed, and enough password to keep the honest people out. I certainly don't worry about kernel security levels. -- Mike Andrews mikea@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin since 1964 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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