Re: [expert] Corporate Server Security

2001-02-25 Thread John Wolford

This is just my opinion, but i don't think you can consider any out-of-the-box 
installation
"secure for your needs."  Security of a server needs your (or someone's) personal 
attention to get
set up properly. It also needs to be maintained - it's an old addage now that security 
is a
process, not a static state. There's many a rant that could be tacked onto this but 
i'll leave it
at that.

I'll add that i don't know anything about Trustix, or Mandrake Corporate Server either 
for that
matter. Even so, i'd bet dollars to donuts that at least one of my boxes (all with 
various
versions of Mandrake Linux, "development" installation but severely 
configured/changed) is
serving, or can serve, ssh or qmail more securely than an out-of-the-box installation 
of either of
them.

I see more than my eyes do.
j

--- Larry Blodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How secure is the Corporate Server?  I need a good secure server. How 
> does Mandrake Corporate Server compare to Trustix for example?  I 
> plan to run qmail and ssh.
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Larry Blodgett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> 
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[expert] Corporate Server Security

2001-02-25 Thread Larry Blodgett

How secure is the Corporate Server?  I need a good secure server. How 
does Mandrake Corporate Server compare to Trustix for example?  I 
plan to run qmail and ssh.

-- 
Thanks,
Larry Blodgett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

/ /  _
---/ /  (_)__  __   __
--/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ /
-//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\

--- Linux, WinNT, MS-DOS - also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither. -B. Franklin
Computers save time like kudzu prevents soil erosion.  -Everybody knows