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Date:      Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:07:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jim Dennis <jim@starshine.org>
To:        root@andrsn.stanford.edu (Charlie ROOT)
Cc:        jim@starshine.org, celestyte@pb.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Free BSD and Security
Message-ID:  <199607180007.RAA00451@starshine>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960717122919.7621A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> from "Charlie ROOT" at Jul 17, 96 12:37:35 pm

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> On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Jim Dennis wrote: (on security)
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> > 
> > 	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" 
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> [list deleted]
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> > 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

	It's one of the things I hope to adapt to HTML for my web
	pages (www.starshine.org).

	I'm not much of a programmer -- but I'm working on being a 
	bang up sysadmin. (Then, later, I may branch out -- and I'm 
	not too bad at scripting and CGI work).

Jim Dennis,
Starshine Technical Services
 



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