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Re: [cobalt-users] Securing a server
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Securing a server
- From: jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jens Kristian Søgaard)
- Date: Wed Nov 15 17:52:54 2000
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Cody Watkins <codyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I want to secure my server to prevent hackers from getting easily. I
> already had one get in and had to redo the machine. So far I have
> installed SSH and set it so SSH and telnetd can only be accessed from
> my IP address of my home machine. What else should I do?
Disable telnetd.
> -Upgrade sendmail?
Yep, but that probably wrecks the GUI. Your choice.
> -What about rsh, rlogin?
Disable them. They are Evil TM.
> -Upgrade Bind?
Good choice (but again, watch the GUI).
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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/