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
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
