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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

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