On 28 Oct 2002 at 10:37, Vipul Bhadra wrote: > 1. There is no such thing as a secure distro ( forget the damn > kernel )
Correct.. > 2. Distros like Slackware, Redhat are good at the server tasks but > week at security .. admins need to sweat out to REALLY secure this > OS. OK.. I hope you have elaboration on this.. > 3. For those whose life depend on server security, they need to > check OS like EnGarde .... not just because they are secure by > default but also because the base of such distros is also secure . > .for exampls some of this secure OS WONT allow u to install a > software unless u have a MD5 checksum .... some wont allow u to > enable telnet ... heheheh hohohoho hehehehe.. Even my redHat5.2 shipped with PCQ march 1999 came with checksums of each package... Every distro I know shipps checksums of packages and isos. IIRC, in debian you can add checksum verification even before apt considers a package for installation.. Same goes for other distros. RPM does have a flag to verify checksum. If admin is sleeping then anyways indian beurocracy help him(God doesn't seem to be that omnipotent) And about enabling telnet, if OS has to restrict access to telnet because admin might enable it, you need another admin, not another distro.. > 4. Ofcourse u can make ur debian or Slackware as secure as one of > this > commercial Linux distros .... difficult but possible. Easy and definitely should be done for every install.. > So its the admins who make or break the strength of a linux > distro. Goes for every OS on the earth. It's just that some OS's are easy to be secured like linux/BSD and some are not.. Bye Shridhar -- QOTD: "I thought I saw a unicorn on the way over, but it was just a horse with one of the horns broken off." ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
