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Date:      Sun, 10 Oct 1999 02:38:26 +0200
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        Fadi Sodah <fsodah@hotmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: security
Message-ID:  <19991010023826.E38786@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
In-Reply-To: <19991009163225.19838.qmail@hotmail.com>
References:  <19991009163225.19838.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On [19991009 20:00], Fadi Sodah (fsodah@hotmail.com) wrote:

>I am looking to learn more about Unix/BSD
>security as far as setting up syslog,umask
>values, file ownership, ftp, creating profiles,
>NFS, Firewall and anything else to secure severs.

Sure,

start with this:

security(7)
chflags(1)
chown(8)
chgrp(1)
accton(8)
ipfw(8)
sockstat(1)
natd(8)
syslog.conf(5)

For other topics try an apropos or man -k to search for it.  Chances
are, that there exists a manpage which will at least give you some idea
of what to ask specifically.

Then read back or search on the archives of -security.  You will find
the archives through the webpages.

Also, sites like www.securityfocus.com are a great way to learn about
security.

Feel free to ask some specific questions about certain topics, since
your initial questions is so broad it is hard to answer it in one
e-mail. =)

HTH, HAND,

-- 
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai                  asmodai(at)wxs.nl
The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>;
Network/Security Specialist        BSD: Technical excellence at its best
Everything comes to those who wait.


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