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.