Matthew Sayler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Security is a good place to start, though as far as Linux goes,
> my Linux boxen are much more secure than my Solaris boxen. Debian
> is my friend. I'm curious to hear what other people do to keep
> tabs their machines. I generally just mail my log files every day.
As I have said numerous times before ... security is in the hand of the
administrator. I won't talk about any 'stock installations', because
in all general respects, they all suck. They are meant for maximum capability
and not maximum security.
I have made solaris boxes look like a bank vault, and linux boxes as well.
Let's not go into the 'which os is more secure', because frankly, none of
them are. It's the administrators obligation to patch/remove unnecessary
services/remove extraneous suids.
As so far as monitoring machines .. the firewall I run at home is a combination
of linux ipmasq, tcp/udplog, traceroute detection, and abacus sentry. If
you're not familiar with any of these products, let me know and I can fill
you in .... or wait and peg people at the meeting ;)
Aaron
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