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Re: Securing the basic distro





Ira Abramov wrote:

>
> here's my 1k-of-ASCII Security FAQ:
>
> ...

Hey, good list. One little thing I might add, though:
* Ask someone else to try to break into your site (someone you trust, naturally ;-)

>
> I don't mind helping on the low-tech topics, but security is not one.

I'm definitely with you on this one. The problem started when instead of asking real
security professionals for help, system administrators decided they can do it
themselves (I won't give *my* opinion on that statement). All that's really left is
to give these guys some pointers...

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Aviram Jenik

"Addicted to Chaos"

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