From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Fy6xv-0005G2-BU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:58:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k65Cuejs031155; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:56:40 GMT Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.196]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k65Cj5S1003787 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:45:07 GMT Received: from 203-166-240-7.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.166.240.7]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 05 Jul 2006 20:45:03 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,207,1149436800"; d="scan'208"; a="542474220:sNHT53612524" Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDEC37A9BC for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:45:02 +0800 (WST) Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19656-15 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:45:01 +0800 (WST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 241EB75C9F for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:45:01 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Protecting my server against an individual From: "W.Kenworthy" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20060705104944.36560@gmx.net> References: <49bf44f10607041556w3db1b64et625c088ba8c56541@mail.gmail.com> <44AB1C8E.4090903@gmail.com> <44AB6C6A.9040008@mid.message-center.info> <20060705104944.36560@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:45:00 +0800 Message-Id: <1152103500.7365.2.camel@bunyip> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain X-Archives-Salt: 54b31419-6494-4104-ac93-46cde6ddde08 X-Archives-Hash: ac2dcd05fa1d4c188c5e3f5beabef991 and to add another (a biggy!) defence in depth: if something goes wrong, its another barrier in the way of the troublemakers. What can go wrong?: 1. redhat used to install an anonymous ftp server by default (years back). Came in the next morning to the sysadmin swaring about traffic, its the ones you dont know about/and a gig of warez on the drive 2. fault finding x problems you set xhost + 3. ... Whilst 1 and 2 (in gentoo anyway) wont trouble you so much these days, its the ones you dont know about/misconfigure that will get you ... BillK On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 12:49 +0200, jarry@gmx.net wrote: > Alexander Skwar wrote: > > > > you're running a firewall of some kind (and you'd be crazy not to for > > > any publically accessible box), > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list