[lug] I wish RH users would secure... (D. Stimits)

Tom Tromey tromey at redhat.com
Fri Apr 20 13:42:31 MDT 2001


>>>>> "Nate" == Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com> writes:

Nate> Well using a combination of queso and other tools, OS
Nate> fingerprinting is relatively easy to do.

Thanks.

Nate> My personal opinion is that network services should be
Nate> completely OFF by default.

I'm told, but have not looked for myself, that this is much better in
Red Hat 7.1.

I agree services should be off by default.  Back in the olden days
this was my biggest complaint about SunOS -- it shipped with insecure
defaults.

Tom



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