On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 16:57, Staven Bruce wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions Edward and Reuben. > > I should explain a little more and say my server is behind a Cisco PIX > firewall, and that only port 25 and 80 are open to the outside world. But I > was thinking that I should have everything locked down tight on the box as > well, just in case. Am I being paranoid? > > <SNIP> When it comes to security there is no such thing as paranoid. I have had systems tightly locked down only to find they have been compromised and a patch comes out a day later. I always err on the side of caution and only make those ports that are absolutely necessary available. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
