Re: WAS: Re: [SLUG] General question Re: Securing Redhat Linux

2002-12-19 Thread Chris Samuel
> If there is no port for them to logon to > then how can they gain access unless they are a local user? Buffer overruns in your IDS or libpcap ? :-) Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

RE: WAS: Re: [SLUG] General question Re: Securing Redhat Linux IS: question re: sshd

2002-12-18 Thread Michael Fox
Quoting Minh Van Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Or just plug the monitor & keyboard in :) Thats a novel plan, but as always not always possible if the machine and monitor are several rooms apart. Cheers -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/li

RE: WAS: Re: [SLUG] General question Re: Securing Redhat Linux IS: question re: sshd

2002-12-18 Thread Minh Van Le
Or just plug the monitor & keyboard in :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Fox Sent: Wednesday, 18 December 2002 8:48 To: Kevin Saenz Cc: Graeme Robinson; Minh Van Le; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: WAS: Re: [SLUG] General ques

Re: WAS: Re: [SLUG] General question Re: Securing Redhat Linux IS: question re: sshd

2002-12-17 Thread Michael Fox
Quoting Kevin Saenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Probably I am a little too paranoid, I just don't want anyone > to logon to the box at all. My theory is if there are no services > open then people cannot log on to the box. My firewall is just there > to forward and filter packets. I agree with you with

Re: WAS: Re: [SLUG] General question Re: Securing Redhat Linux IS:question re: sshd

2002-12-17 Thread Kevin Saenz
Probably I am a little too paranoid, I just don't want anyone to logon to the box at all. My theory is if there are no services open then people cannot log on to the box. My firewall is just there to forward and filter packets. I agree with you with the power of sshd. I just believe that if someone

WAS: Re: [SLUG] General question Re: Securing Redhat Linux IS:question re: sshd

2002-12-17 Thread Graeme Robinson
On 18 Dec 2002, Kevin Saenz wrote: > I do install compilers on to my firewall, in case I want to compile > a package mind you I never install any servers, especially either > telnetd or sshd, on my firewall. If I want to make a mod to my firewall > I have to do it locally. Can you explain why you