Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:01:11 -0500 (CDT) From: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@scl.ameslab.gov> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD security article Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980407144701.2090G-100000@demios.scl.ameslab.gov>
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An article that on which I've been working for a while will be published in the May 1998 issue of Sys Admin, the journal for UNIX systems administrators. The article is a survey of the security features of FreeBSD (many of the features are common to 4.4BSD-derived systems as well). For those who originally reviewed a precursor of this article last year (thanks to the *many* people who reviewed it and returned comments), you may remember the original paper tried to discuss all of the security issues and give some background rationale for the various issues. The published result is less ambitious (thank goodness!) but yet I hope it gives a good enough introduction to the various security features so that newer admins can understand the features and take advantage of them. As some reviewers suggested, there may be interest in how-to articles on securing a system, such as a web server. Unless someone beats me to it, maybe I'll work on such a thing this summer. Again, a public thanks to *everyone* who reviewed the previous paper and provided comments. Guy Helmer Guy Helmer, Graduate Student, Iowa State University Dept. of Computer Science Research Assistant, Ames Laboratory --- ghelmer@scl.ameslab.gov http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~ghelmer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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