Just select "high" on firewalling configuration at the start-up. This would activate ipchain rules. This would do I guess.
Ian installation of red hat 8.0 On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Manny Amador wrote: > Hi all! > > This is a security-related question. > > I will soon be retiring my old 180MHz Cyrix machine and I plan to run Red > Hat 8.0 on a new PC. My question is: how can I secure my Red Hat > installation for the first few times that I go online and download > security software (firewall scripts, tripwire, snort, psad, etc.). The Red > Hat 6.2 stock setup was quite vulnerable and I'm worried that Red Hat 8.0 > will be the same. What can I do using ONLY the software in the Red Hat 8.0 > package to secure my machine so no one hacks in while I'm still > downloading security software? > > If anyone can give me any iptables scripts or tips on how to activiate > any stock Red Hat scripts to secure my machine, it would be greatly > appreciated. I don't want to use the packages I've downloaded before since > the machine I used was compromised once and one can never be sure that the > packages I downloaded were not corrupted or trojaned in some way. > > By the way, isn't it theoretically possible to trojan binary data files > (such as image files) so that they could be executable and be used to > compromise a system? If so, does that mean all my old binary data is > suspect? > > Thanks a million. God bless! > > -- [Manny Amador] -------------------------------- [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- > Member: Philippine League for Democratic Telecommunications, Inc. > "Affordable Access for All!" > -- [Open Minds Philippines] --------------- [openminds.linux.org.ph] -- > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
