[gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
Hi, As some may know already, I recently got DSL. It's not a super fast connection by broadband standards but it does mean that my box may be easier to find for a hacker. So, I have a few questions about security. I think I am OK but want to make sure. 1: I have a good root password. It's

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 05 September 2009 11:56:09 Dale wrote: Hi, As some may know already, I recently got DSL. It's not a super fast connection by broadband standards but it does mean that my box may be easier to find for a hacker. So, I have a few questions about security. I think I am OK but

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 05 September 2009 11:56:09 Dale wrote: Hi, As some may know already, I recently got DSL. It's not a super fast connection by broadband standards but it does mean that my box may be easier to find for a hacker. So, I have a few questions about security.

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 06:01:21AM -0500, Penguin Lover Dale squawked: Since ssh is not running, I assume it doesn't matter at this point? I'll check into fail2ban and denyhosts. Any one better or more preferred than the other? AFAIK, either of those are for brute force attacks on SSHD. If

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread John J. Foster
Hey Willie - a 67 line sig ? festus -- I just want to break even. pgpu1Of2XUcCi.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
John J. Foster wrote: Hey Willie - a 67 line sig ? festus It was funny tho. LOL Dale :-) :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 08:11:30AM -0600, Penguin Lover John J. Foster squawked: Hey Willie - a 67 line sig ? festus My apologies. My sigs are randomly pulled from fortune (with some custom databases). Usually I try to make sure that the ones that ends up going to mailing lists are not

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Stroller
On 5 Sep 2009, at 15:48, Willie Wong wrote: On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 08:11:30AM -0600, Penguin Lover John J. Foster squawked: Hey Willie - a 67 line sig ? festus My apologies. My sigs are randomly pulled from fortune (with some custom databases). Usually I *_try_* to make sure that the