George Returns From Exile

George Toft plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 05 Mar 2003 07:22:33 -0500


"der.hans" wrote:
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> Am 05. Mar, 2003 schw=E4tzte George Toft so:
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> > Since I was quite the newbie when I was hacked, I've always believed =
in
> > introducing security early on.  Maybe we can schedule a couple securi=
ty
> > classes which will provide a solid foundation for securing Linux boxe=
s?
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> I think two or three different security classes for different levels wo=
uld
> be awesome.
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> For example, port-scanning your box and knowing how to turn off service=
s
> could be in the intro class. Mucking with and monitoring netfilter rule=
sets
> could be advanced.
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> I do want the desktop class to cover security, but from an application
> perspective, e.g. GnuPG, SSH, and SSL.
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> ciao,
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> der.hans
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> #  Like the maid, I don't do (M$)Windows. - der.hans
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My thoughts exactly!  The intro class will have enough to keep 99.8% of
the bozos out (according to the Hackers Desktop Reference), and setting
up iptables would be the advanced class.

George
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