I agree with Rick. Myself, I do not administer a network, at least not yet. I
have plans to experiment with networking (of course using Linux), but really
nothing of a serious nature.
I use my root account about 99% of the time. Right now, because my machine is
effectively stand-alone. Michael's arguments should be cared over to that
piece of proposed documentation on networking security for Linux (or any other
UNIX for that matter). I enjoyed Michael's warnings, but they were too harsh
for a general audience.
On 08-Jan-99 Rick Chandler wrote:
>
>>Michael
> Your making more of this than it really is. I do administer a large lan
> running AIX and SCO. I take that very seriously. It is VERY secure. I
> never use the root account and change the password quite frequently. My
> Linux box on the other hand is just a play toy. The reason I use it
> verses Windows is that I just plain love Unix. I use the root account
> on it constantly. I don't have any security set up on it. The reason?
> I don't really DO anything with it. Web site here, web site there.
> Install programs and listen to MP3's. I just happened to try out IRC
> and found out something about a security problem on my Linux box. I
> don't think that it is a crime to share my experience with someone else.
> I really didn't expect to get chastised by other members about it
> either. Maybe your system needs to be administered tightly, but mine
> doesn't. And all I gave was a suggestion, not a command. If someone
> doesn't like it, simply don't follow it. But really, securing your
> machine if your going to use IRC is not saying that IRC is the evil of
> the internet and is the only way someone can gain access to your
> machine. I was just sharing my experiences. Forgive me. I will never
> post on this list again. I don't know what I doing and I will have to
> quit my job of the last five years because I can't administer a simple
> Unix/Linux LAN, which I've been doing very successfully. I appologize
> Michael for sharing.
>
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