[724] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: [linux-security] uhh.. security?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Caplin)
Sat May 11 12:43:12 1996
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 21:31:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: Barry Caplin <bc@mtiweb.com>
To: Pat Trainor <ptrainor@aura.title14.com>
cc: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960509192951.203G-100000@aura.title14.com>
Hi,
>
> What way can a sysadmin check all dirs for the proper (or close)
> permissions and symbolic links for an a> functional system, and b> a
> secure system?
>
> No references I have found to date treat linux security with any
> more than 3 pages. YET the distributions as installed leave the system
> wide open..
>
> Any scripts/utils/books/prayers?
I have a number of security related links on my isp web
page, www.mtiweb.net/isp. While not specifically linux, I got
alot of good advice from a document at the Navy Research Labs
http://hightop.nrl.navy.mil.
Barry
Barry Caplin MicroWEB Technology, Inc.
bc@mtiweb.net http://www.mtiweb.net