Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 09:33:39 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, Fadi Sodah <sodah@qatar.net.qa> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security-tools Message-ID: <19981209093339.A5576@cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812081231060.909-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from Jason C. Wells on Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 12:36:02PM -0800 References: <366D3B90.4C0C8A89@qatar.net.qa> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812081231060.909-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 at 12:36 SAST, Jason C. Wells wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Fadi Sodah wrote: > > >it is vulnerable to attack? > > Every system is vulnerable to an attack. Anyone who tells you otherwise is > naive or malicious. Security is a very large issue and it is certainly > much larger than the question that you asked would indicate. > > Did you have a question about tools? Here is a list of tools for security > on freebsd http://www.freebsd.org/ports/security.html > > I would also recommend getting "The Essential System Admistration" by > O'Reilly and Associates as a good first glance into what it takes to make > a system secure. Agreed. Also "Practical Unix & Internet Security" by the same publisher. And also the security howto at: http://www.freebsd.org/~jkb/howto.html -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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