I don't know the exact steps or degree for the 3 different security levels but setting it on high will do at least the following.
Require a longer root and regular user password. It will not start some services by default. It will put ALL:ALL in your hosts.deny file. It will not allow root access from ssh. I am sure there are more but these are ones I can remember. There really isn't any disadvantages other than you have to configure to specify access. For example hosts.allow will have to be configured and i had to change my sshd_configure file to allow ssh access for root. I also manually start some services and then configure them to start automatically, such as xinetd. I hope this helps Steve Helder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jhun Bacala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 11:25 PM Subject: [newbie] LM8.1 security level > Hi All, > > I want to consult something, I made a LM 8.1 as our web and email server I > set the Security level to High. > My question is what are the pros and cons of setting it to high? Can > anybody here, explain the different level > of security that is pre-configured in Linux Mandrake? > > TIA > > Jhun Bacala > New City Commercial Corporation > MIS-Dept. Davao > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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