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

[Ari Finander]

Is ftp the problem, or WU-FTPD?  Also, Bind should only be installed
if you select the DNS server packages to be installed during the RH7.0
install/setup procedure, right?

Ari



Original message from: Gavin Corfield <gavin at twobluedots.com.au>
>
>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
>
>.
>


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