Hi Dustin,
-----Original Message----- From: Dustin Huptas [mailto:dustin2010@gmx.de] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 2:33 PM To: suse-security@suse.com Subject: AW: [suse-security] a little service question
Dear Mr. Bien,
I am surprised by this harsh answer of yours.
Did i hurt your feelings? Im sorry. To be true, i am a little on the edge today. But o well, Your question can be answered by reading either the website i pointed u at, or by searching through the archives of this list where Kurt often mentioned his sites and theyr docs. I consider his guide to a secure linux system as very usefull, and so do others. Until now I was
convinced that a mailing list concerning security is to be used when someone has a security-related question. If all users on planet earth would be as "smart" as you are (seem to be) then we would not need such things as mailings-lists.
I dont see the point. All i see is that your trying to fool my ego. This wount make your system secure. There is always a point where man-pages and
faq-lists do not seem to answer one´s question and then it is time to ask other users. Or did I get the point wrong? You can be sure that I took the time to find the answer myself but I think it is not useful to reinvent the wheel over and over again (as a german proverb goes, don´t know the english equivalent)!
Lets say u type "How do i secure my linux system" into a thing like google.. u get a lot of links to VERY usefull howto files.. i bet u did that.
I would appreciate an answer from you and a statement from the list whether I was "allowed" to ask such a "stupid" question or not.
I never said your not allowed to do things. I am not in charge to allow/forbid things on this list. Neither do i think we need a moderator. (Hi Kurt). And while talkign about the re-invented wheel... Questions like "How do i secure my system" cant be answered in 2 sentences. So the best thing is to point u at the docs that will help you, instead of explaining the whole thing over and over again. I dont apreciate you moving our private conversation to a mailing list, and once again buggin people with stuff that has allready been there .. Bottom Line: My answer was a little short. I apologize for my sarcasm (read it, feel it ..etc), which has obviously been misunderstood. Thank you for your time.. Alex
Thank you
Rgds Dustin Huptas
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Alexander Bien [mailto:abien@gmx.net] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Dezember 2000 14:23 An: Dustin Huptas Betreff: RE: [suse-security] a little service question
www.securityfocus.com read it, understand it, feel it.. and please stop posting msgs like "How do i .." to security mailing lists ..
Have a nice day..
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Alexander Bien
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-----Original Message----- From: Dustin Huptas [mailto:dustin2010@gmx.de] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 2:03 PM To: suse-security@suse.com Subject: [suse-security] a little service question
Hello,
I have the following services running:
Port State Service 21/tcp open ftp 22/tcp open ssh 80/tcp open http 111/tcp open sunrpc 113/tcp open auth 510/tcp open fcp 513/tcp open login 514/tcp open shell 515/tcp open printer 973/tcp open unknown 1024/tcp open kdm 3306/tcp open mysql
I do need ftp, ssh, http and mysql in any case. But I don´t know about the other services. I remotely administer this server which is housed at my ISPs place. Does anyone know the other services and if I can disable them? Additionally I need to know hwo to secure the "needed" services.
Any help is appreciated and many thanks in advance!
btw. I already use tcpd to wrap the most of the services.
Rgds Dustin
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