On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Gil Andre wrote: > I am sorry but I have to disagree here: most hackers are just > a bunch of retarded teenagers using hacking "scripts" that are > put together by much more talented and intelligent people (the > Computer Security specialists). Scriptkiddies you mean. > The (other) sad truth is that Linux (and many other systems) > are full of security problems -- and that the only way to > make big companies such as Microsoft or Sun respond quickly > to security threats is to publish the scripts I just mentioned True, but even then MS still doesn't do anything (or at least not enough) btw, Linux has nothing to do with Sun mindyou. Sun has there own OS named Solaris. > If you want a (Unix-like) operating system that was designed > with security in mind, you should use OpenBSD (which can be > found at: http://www.openbsd.org). NetBSD as in this list as well. > If you really want to use > Linux, then I recommend using Bastille Linux (which can be > found at http://www.bastille-linux.org). "Bastille" is a > very complex Perl script which tries to make your Linux > installation more secure by blocking risky services and > possible accesses. Highly recommended. Nice, but be reminded that even BSD is as secure as the admin makes it. Tus, a secured linux-box can be better then a nonsecure bsdbox. > Again: most "hackers" are *not* talented. That does not make > the problems of shellworld less important, though. I wonder how good there security really was and what kind of attack was used. > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 06:00:21 -0600 (CST) > Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@chartermi.net> wrote: > > > In answer to my own question, if anybody else wants to know, shellworld > > was attacked by a hacker Saturday and is in the process of getting back on > > its feet. I am not naive; I realize there is evil in the world, but I > > totally can't comprehend somebody getting a thrill out of destroying other > > peoples' installations, especially when somebody with those skills could > > probably do really neat things to help people instead. > > > > Cheryl > > > Best regards, > > _______________________________________________ > > Gil Andre -- Technical Writer -- Knox Software > gandre@arkeia.com > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!