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Protecting Linux



Hi,

So far, my machine hadn't been protected, since it wasn't online since I've
upgraded to 2.2, but now that I got my ISDN setup working, I would like to
protect my machine from bored script kiddies. After seeing the logs on the
firewall at work, with an avarage of 1-2 crack attempts/day, I got scared.
it's true that most of these were NetBus/BackOrifice trojan checks, but I
don't really want to check for the latest security updates all the time.

Assuming I don't want to mess with firewall rules, will disabling inetd be
enough? I can live without local rlogin/telnet/ftp services.

thanks,
Udi

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