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From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: security programs
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 22:17:20 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0210122215380.75993-100000@server1.shellworld.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210111352460.945-100000@rupin.localnet>

By that standard, slackware 8.0.0 seems to fail.  Unless tcp_wrappers is
hidden and protecting itself from update.



On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, L. C. Robinson wrote:

> Tcp_wrappers is a standard binary part of Red Hat, and
> any other decent distribution.  It is essential to
> configure it after a new installation, for any decent
> security, of course, along with the other security
> configuration basics, such as installing all security
> updates.  If one neglects those things, good security
> tools in linux are worthless, and you WILL get hacked
> (but maybe not quite so quickly as with a certain
> dominant vendor's junk software).
>
> LCR
>
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>
> > Has anyone managed to get tcp_wrappers_7.6 built and
> > operating under any version oor any brand of linux
> > yet?  If you don't know what that i
> > ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/index.html
> > should give you background info.
>
> --
> L. C. Robinson
> reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid
>
> People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and
> instability instead.  This is award winning "innovation".  Find
> out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see
> "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Jude DaShiell
 ` L. C. Robinson
   ` Jude DaShiell [this message]
     ` David Csercsics
       ` Jude DaShiell
         ` David Csercsics
           ` Jude DaShiell
     ` John
       ` Jude DaShiell
         ` John
     ` L. C. Robinson
 ` John
   ` Jude DaShiell

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