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Special Forums Cybersecurity How many... Post 5391 by LivinFree on Tuesday 14th of August 2001 04:50:20 AM
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How many...

How many of these folks posting on here (newbies - trying to get their first Unix-like box online) do you think have taken the time to learn the ins-and-outs of tcp_wrappers, or inetd, or even simple init-scripts? Maybe I'm overreacting here, but since I've spent my time on "the other side of the wall" with security, that really concerns me.

I think new readers should check out this simple wake-up call, and at least learn how to turn off all services - turn them on again when you know what to do with them.
http://machineofthemonth.org/articles/a71/index.html
A poster recently touched upon the honeynet project - remote root access within 15 minutes on a default Redhat install (sure, it was 6.2, but 7.x isn't all that different).

How can we get word out about this without sounding like preachers? I would just hate to see someone's great new Unix-experiance muddled with the bitter taste of a cracking attack.

Any ideas?

-LivinFree
 
FREETENNIS(6)							   Games Manual 						     FREETENNIS(6)

NAME
freetennis - free tennis simulation game SYNOPSIS
freetennis [options] DESCRIPTION
Free Tennis is a free tennis simulation game. OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below. -help, --help Show summary of options. -p0 <name> The name of player 0 (default: ivan). -p1 <name> The name of player 1 (default: ivan). -donotshowpause When the game is paused, do not show the "paused" sign. Useful for screenshots. -showfps Display the number of Frames Per Second (on the standard output). Useful for debugging. -aidebug Shows some info useful to debug AI. -realistic Make the game realistic. This alters the parabola visibility depending on the player and shot. Better gameplay, but not suitable for newbies. -newbie Make the game not realistic, but more suited to newbies. The parabola is fully visible. -nosound Run with no sound. -xres <integer> The horizontal resolution (default: 640). -yres <integer> The vertical resolution (default: 480). -port <integer> The TCP port to use. Makes sense with -client and -server. The default is 4000. -computerskill <integer> Skill level of computer. A number from 0 (very difficult) to 250 (very easy). Default is 190. -client <ip address> The IP address of the server. Only for multiplayer. -server Run Free Tennis as server. Only for multiplayer. -surf <surface> SURF: surface for the court. Choices are "clay", "cement", "grass". SEE ALSO
http://freetennis.sourceforge.net/ /usr/share/doc/freetennis-common/web-site/index.html AUTHOR
freetennis was written by Maurizio Colucci <maurizio.colucci@gmail.com>. This manual page was written by Bart Martens <bartm@knars.be> and updated by Mehdi Dogguy <dogguy@pps.jussieu.fr>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Apr 26, 2008 FREETENNIS(6)
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