On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 06:13:20PM -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote:
>
> I will shortly have an adsl connection, and I
> may decide to run the machine 24/7. Is there
> a book on Linux security (accessible to the
> average newbie) or some other concise source
> that I could use to customise the system for
> security? (I don't even know what to put into
> "hosts.allow" or "hosts.deny")
Don't know about books, but some URLs:
http://www.rustcorp.com/linux/ipchains/
http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/linux.html
http://www.psionic.com
http://ipchains.nerdherd.org/ (scripts for various purposes)
http://mirrors.hotdog.org/LDP/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html
Also,
/usr/doc/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO
> If not, then what "man" files should I read?
>
> I'm not really a newbie, since I've been fooling
> with this OS for a couple of years, but I don't
> pretend to understand more than about 10% of it.
> The "man" files seem to be written to help the
> gurus remember what they have forgotten--at least
> in many cases--so what us dinks need is plain
> language instruction.
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