On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 01:40:22 -0400 Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
I used root and the root password and immediately had the run of the
box.
It would be better, IMHO, to ssh in as a regular user, then su root when needed, but other than that, Derek has everything covered. As long as you are behind a firewall, configured correctly, you are relatively safe.
Isn't there something in msec that keeps you from logging in as root via ssh? It makes you log on as a user and then su to root. You may want to increase your msec security level as part of your security lockdown.
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