Re: [cobalt-users] OFF LIST REPLY Newby Admn questions

["dhbolton" <dhbolton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim, Thom and Gerald,
Thank you all for your replies. Definitely helpful. Possibly I'm
trying to do many things at once. For instance my background is 
Windows not Linux but I'm willing to learn. I've put quite a few sites
up for people (I'm more of a faciliator though I do web pages as well)
but its the first time I've had to go into this detail.

You have a good point about security. The telnet access was set off
when the box was put up, so I'm trying to do everything (for the
moment) through the web interface. 

Thanks for the links!

David

> I am not sure reading the manual does a lot of good, it is more of a
> sales pitch that tells you everything that it CAN do, but little about
> how to actually accomplish the task.
> 
> You will find lots of links here as well as a link to the cobalt
> webring. You should find enough information here to resolve your DNS
> questions.
> 
> www.raqresources.com
> 
> >   IP Address   213.239.46.46
> >   Domain Name   dhbolton.com
> 
> Your first problem is going to be security, it has been suggested that
> there are people that lurk on this list looking for newbie boxes to
> hack.
> 
> I don't have the skill to secure (or hack) a box. One of the list
> 'elders' does mine. But a good starting point would be to install the
> security updates and patches and a couple of programs.
> 
> IPCHAINS
> Portsentry
> and SSH
> 
> Once SSH is up (and working properly) you can turn off telnet which is
> probably the largest security hole.
> 
> Welcome to the list and I hope that helps some.
> 
> Tim