I thought one of the features of Mandrake 7.0 was that you could select
the level of security you want at installation. I recommend that you
install with high security and then snoop around and see what they did to
your system.
On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Benjamin Bradley wrote:
> I've recently installed Mandrake 7.0 and it runs great, apart from a few
> problems which I'm working through as a new user.
> With all the talk of system compromises recently, I have become painfully
> aware of how little I know about my own system's security.
> Question: Where can I find a book/website/etc which will walk me through
> securing my system.
> Ideally, I'd like something which can aid with fixing well-known problems,
> as well as setting up services (firewall, etc?) to catch future security
> compromises, and some hint at how to fix those.
> At this point, I know a little bit about the rudiments of system
> administration. I know what man pages are and how to use them, I can
> compile source (most of the time) and install RPMs, just last week I read
> syslog.conf (1) and figured out how to set up /var/logs/ files.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> On my way to becoming a sysadmin!
>
> - You have received mail from Benjamin Bradley, the definitive Benjamin
> - http://lostpoet.tripod.com/
> - whee life what a rush
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