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Special Forums Cybersecurity How many... Post 5391 by LivinFree on Tuesday 14th of August 2001 04:50:20 AM
Old 08-14-2001
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
 
NEWBIEDOC(1)						      General Commands Manual						      NEWBIEDOC(1)

NAME
newbiedoc - Debian documentation for newbies by newbies. SYNOPSIS
newbiedoc newbiedoc file DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the newbiedoc command. The program newbiedoc is a small script that starts your favorite browser and displays the index page of the NewbieDOC documentation package. Optionally, you can specify the name of a specific file to open in the browser. newbiedoc can also be run directly from the Debian menu in the X Window System: Debian -> Help -> NewbieDOC. NewbieDOC documentation is in the form of HTML files which form a snapshot of the documentation currently being developed by the Debian NewbieDOC project. Visit the wiki at http://newbiedoc.berlios.de for the most recent versions, or if you wish to contribute to the project. The wiki is very easy to use. All Debian users are encouraged to author, edit or add comments to the articles. Each NewbieDOC item is either explicitly licensed by its author, or licensed globally under the GNU Free Documentation License. SEE ALSO
The NewbieDOC wiki is at http://newbiedoc.berlios.de AUTHOR
The upstream source for newbiedoc was written by Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>. This manual page was written by Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). 27th September 2009 NEWBIEDOC(1)
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