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Re: Securing the basic distro
That is an excellent answer.
Yes, that _is_ venom dripping from my voice, nice of you to have noticed.
I do read HOWTOs, I did hear of the LDP originally situated at sunsite.unc.edu,
now metalab.unc.edu. However, while searching there a couple of weeks ago, I
found
nothing helpful regarding recent security issues. Outdated security
documentation
are usually useless. However, if someone is actually interested in answers, I
found
three relevant sites:
- http://redhat-security.seifried.org/index.html
- http://rlz.ne.mediaone.net/linux/ has some security links. This link was added
about two weeks ago to metalab.
- http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~jtmurphy/
This one is a bit useless, it's a collection of CERN/Bugtraq/l0pht advisories.
And of course, the Linux Security mailing list.
But thanks anyhow.
Ira Abramov wrote:
>
> On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Omer wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I was wondering if anyone has some good pointers on securing
> > a Linux box after the installation. Anything beyond disabling unnecessary
> > services. No pointers to Bugtraq/Rootshell/SATAN/Phrack though.
> > Checklists, interesting reading material on linux security, etc.
> > could be very good.
>
> does anyone here go READ the HOWTOs at all? looks like only 3 people on
> this list ever heard of the LDP!!
>
> --
> Ira Abramov ; whois:IA58 ; www.scso.com ; all around Linux enthusiast
> `When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare
> at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*".'
> (Linus Torvalds)
-- Omer
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