Linux Security

[Ian Malone]

On 06/09/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 05:37, Tim wrote:
> >
> > Please do remember the separation between OS and applications.  I've
> > seen Windows, with no extra applications installed, get stuffed up
> > merely by being on a network.  The usual example for a Linux hack is
> > through a server application (e.g. a webserver), where the hack is the
> > server (which is applicable whether the server runs on Linux or
> > Windows).
>
> Or - scripted password guessing for ssh logins.  You can claim
> that ssh isn't part of the OS, but it is generally installed
> in most distributions.
>

And generally firewalled by default on Fedora. (In fact I may
remember having to turn it on in FC5, not 100% sure though).

-- 
imalone