[564] in Intrusion Detection Systems
Re: Suggestions, please
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Hughes)
Fri Feb 9 13:51:05 1996
From: Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:45:09 -0600
To: ids@uow.edu.au
In-Reply-To: <199602011515.CAA23871@wyrm.cc.uow.edu.au>
Reply-To: ids@uow.edu.au
>
>Greetings!
>
>I am adding a new responsibility to my rapidly-lengthening list, and would like
>some advice. My new project involved about 12-14 SGI workstations on an open
>network which are going to be used by our Comp. Sci. Dept. The idea is to setup
>one machine as a server, or master, and then control the rest from that machine.
>We also need to accommodate some file sharing. All in all, this will entail
>running both NFS and NIS. What I am wondering is if anybody knows of good
>books and/or resources to learn about NFS and NIS and securing both systems.
>Also, what are some good IDS that are inexpensive (perhaps can find get on net)
>and worth using that will help secure these machines. I forsee many security
>holes running both NIS and NFS, but there does not seem to be an alternative.
>I appreciate any advice/input anybody can give me, as this is unchartered
>territory for me.
>
>TIA!
>
The steps we've taken to secure NIS and NFS are available at
http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/doug/nis.html
(or directly off my home page at users/doug)
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