Debian does have a list for security issues. It may not be SuSE, but it
would be helpful I'm sure.
Regards,
Bob
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Dana J. Laude wrote:
>
> Michael Johnson wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Rick Chandler wrote:
> > > >You should have your machine secure if you are connected to the
> > > >internet at all....not just because you are using IRC. There are
> > > >other ways to discover your IP than having it discovered on IRC. IRC
> > > >isn't the culprit...its poor administration.
> > > I'll give you that. How many newbies do we have using Linux who don't
> > > know about security at all? My statement is that if your going to use a
> > > program that will easily give you someones IP address, then you'd better
> > > secure your system. I didn't have mine secure because, I really don't
> > > care, if it gets distroyed then I just simply re-install it. Others
> > > system are most likely more valuable to them than me.
> >
> > With all due respect, someone who doesn't even bother having a password
> > for the root
> > account is certainly the LAST person who should be giving advice TO
> > ANYONE on system adminstration and unix/linux security. There is no
> > rational justification for it. There is nowhere
> <snip>
> >
> > A billion other things, but you get the point. If you use Linux, Solaris,
> > FreeBSD, it is not like using Windows. It's a different mentality. I don't
> > mean to preach, but I feel like even though all this sounds insanely
> > obvious, that it apparently needed saying.
>
> First off, since I started this thread..., thanks to all that helped
> with my original question. Now specifically to Michael, you have a
> very valid point, it just seems that those coming into Linux from the
> Windows world are totally unaware of most, if not all of the security
> issues with Linux. Now, SuSE has a pretty good manual..., but it
> doesn't really get into security issues to well. Remember all of
> those manuals you got with SCO, ESIX, Xenix and Solaris? ;-)
> I'm not aware of any site that has specific FAQ's on Linux security
> issue's (as in how to bulletproof your system type) but it sounds
> like a worth while project, although I would assume such info
> already exists. Also to be fair to those migrating for the world
> of Windows 9x, security is a nonexistent feature. (ok, they
> have a login box that you hit cancel at.;) Being that they no
> not what they do when running stuff as root, (I'd say 99% of
> which is because root works, stuff as a user does not) and they
> don't know how to fix permissions, or add the user to a specific
> group. It's not a matter of being stupid, just unaware of the
> what they are doing. (well, at least in *most* cases)
>
> That's about it. ;)
>
> Dana
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