Hi Patrick,
Hello!!
I want to switch progressively to Linux (As a programmer, I become more and more ashamed of not having experience using it.) and I'm connected to the 'net.
I will try to download the update from SuSE 6.3 to 7.0 an install it.
Since I am permanently connected to the 'net, I wonder what precautions I should take before/after the installation. My connection is through a cable modem if it is a useful info. Should I be as paranoid as with a Win98 system or is the default config in SuSE more/less secure?
Thank you for your help!
Patrick
Once your installation is complete, check the update directory on a mirror
from ftp.suse.com and install all security-relevant update packages. Get
the netscape packages, and the libc upgrade!
Then, check on which ports your machine listens, using
`netstat -anp|grep LISTEN´. Reduce the amount of servers listening on tcp
and udp sockets to the bare minimum, disable everything tat you don't
need (keeping in mind that people usually only need the client side of
some package, this might be easy.). Start with /etc/inetd.conf and end
with /etc/rc.config, /etc/rc.config.d/* and see the netstat output again.
Roman.
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