From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 13 06:17:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA21868 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 06:17:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA21855 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 06:17:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0zT4Ih-0003Tf-00; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 15:15:43 +0200 Message-ID: <19981013151543.A13344@cityip.co.za> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 15:15:43 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: Chan , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: security Mail-Followup-To: Chan , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" References: <36234779.50CEBB96@capgemini.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <36234779.50CEBB96@capgemini.com.sg>; from Chan on Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 08:28:43PM +0800 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 at 20:28 SAT, Chan wrote: > > 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? For a good FreeBSD security howto, see: http://www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message