Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (466 mails)

[johnnick@xxxxxxxx (John Nickerson)]

Georges-Henry Portefait wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm linked to the internet trough a cable modem ( motorola cyber surf)
> 
> what I would like to know is:
> 
> Can I protect myself against potetial intruders ??
> What is my level of exposure.
> 
> I have a single machine which is my workstation at the end of this
> install, I never work as root except when needed root has a complex
> passsword remote login is forbidden for root ,  "." is not in the root
> password that s all for now.
> 
> the ISP is supposed to protect my comms between him and I.
> 
> I m looking for any kind of advices.
> 
> regards
> 
> GH Portefait

Comment out any services you don't absolutely need in /etc/inetd.conf
and create an /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny file and make them as
restrictive as you can.  You also might want to install tripwire  and
run it and save it's output to a removable media for future reference
should you find you have been or might have been cracked.


-- 
John Nickerson, Kailua, Hawaii

A little inaccracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.