Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 12:37:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Charlie ROOT <root@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Jim Dennis <jim@starshine.org> Cc: Bill Weiss <celestyte@pb.net>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Free BSD and Security Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960717122919.7621A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607171821.LAA02052@starshine>
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On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Jim Dennis wrote: (on security) > > Use vipw to look for unusual accounts (like sync, toor or ruut, > man, guest). Make sure that their password fields are *'d out. > > > Other questions/suggestions: > (precede most of these with "Did you"... or "Do you want > to" [list deleted] > > Jim Dennis, > Starshine Technical Services > This is really good and last time I looked there wasn't anything like this in the handbook, not only for "real" system administrators but for individuals who install FreeBSD (and probably have an Internet connection of one kind or another) and are in effect their own (inexperienced) sysadmins. Annelise
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