From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from TekRD.grg.afb.net(w088.z208036108.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net[208.36.108.88]) (2571 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:23:27 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by TekRD.grg.afb.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA05013; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:25:06 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: TekRD.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:25:06 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-Sender: janina@TekRD.grg.afb.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca cc: SPEAKUP Distribution List Subject: Re: security In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: There are Perl scripts, called Bastille, that I have found helpful. They walk one through the process of locking down various services. There are good explanations on screen as you go about the reasons and trade-offs involved. It took a bit of study for me to learn to run the scripts, because Speakup wasn't tracking as nicely as I might have liked, but I did get it figured out. Also, just the text in these scripts is an excellent primer on security, imho. Look for the scripts at http://www.bastille-linux.org. On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Joseph Norton wrote: > All this talk about security brings up an interesting question. Are there > things one can look for to tell his system is being hacked or that > attempts are being made. I have looked in /var/log/messages and > /var/log/syslog, but, I'm really not sure what to look for. I remember > seeing the word "victim" somewhere in a cert advisory (I think), but, I > assume if I see this word, my system has definitely been compromised. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina@afb.net (202) 408-8175 http://www.afb.org/gov.html The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning achievment of the past millenium. Yet, electronic publishing will soon eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" available at: http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind computer users. Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how.