[plug] Red Hat Linux 7 security,etc. problems?

[Gavin Corfield]

Peter Wright wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 04:38:15PM +0800, Gavin Corfield wrote:
> > > (a) some of the more well-known problems with RH7, both security and
> > > other, that hopefully I can use to persuade him it's just a bad option
> > > and he should use something else,
> >
> > the default rh7 workstation didn't install apache, ftp or telnet on my
> > machine
> 
> Did it install bind?

no 

Oops! just rechecked it did install ftp and apparently telnet sorry!

> > however, details on tightening up rh are available in linux gazette
> > www.linuxgazette.org I think from last November or October
> 
> Thanks. I'll have a look.
> 
> Hmm, couldn't find it (there was an October article on configuring sendmail
> for redhat 6.2 - maybe this was the one you remembered?)

it is:

linux security tips - Kapil Sharma

http://www.linuxgazette.org/issue58/sharma.html

gavin