Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (605 mails)

[Togan Muftuoglu <toganm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Boris Lorenz; <bolo@xxxxxxx> on 11 Oct, 2001 wrote:
> 
> A post mortem analysis of a host believed to be cracked is a MUCH, MUCH more
> complicated process than ANY secure installation of a Linux system could ever
> be. It takes YEARS for professional analysts before they're able to do their
> work properly, so personally I would not recommend that to a
> newbieish-to-security lifeform ;) (NO puns intended!)...

Well I think that was one of the reasons for the
http://project.honeynet.org by going over the scans of the previous
months I think you can learn a lot information which one day may be
helpfull.

Do not misunderstand me. It is also dangerous when the person is not
ready to learn  knowledgewise yet new information is provided, that
person may mistakenly believe that he has acquired the knowledge and the
skills while the reality he has not. This is also something not wanted. 

At least the above mentioned site by giving examples helps the novice or
the experienced to practice and see his limitations.

First of all the site says a default install Redhat 6.2 has maximum 72
hrs. before it is rooted and it is more often it takes only 8 . Good
that I started with SuSE :-) 



-- 
Togan Muftuoglu