From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 13 04:35:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA12812 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 04:35:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.capgemini.com.sg ([203.116.11.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA12807 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 04:35:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd@capgemini.com.sg) Received: from capgemini.com.sg ([10.64.0.39]) by mail.capgemini.com.sg (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-16936) with ESMTP id AAA288 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:25:35 +0800 Message-ID: <36234779.50CEBB96@capgemini.com.sg> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 20:28:43 +0800 From: Chan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: security Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi everybody, I have some questions to consult all of you: I wonder if it's safe to put a FreeBSD on the internet? Do I need to tighten any things on it? Can I change root to some other names? If I disable telnet, can intruders still execute commands by telneting to other ports? compare to NT, which is more secure? (I myself would prefer BSD, since it's a much older OS, but I need info to prove myself) Best Regards, Chan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message