[plug] Security Info

[Bret Busby]

skribe wrote:
> 
> Given security seems to be a recent popular topic, here's a site detailing
> ways to secure your box (always comforting to know you have a secure box
> ;).  I don't believe it's been posted here before.
> 
> http://www.hackersclub.com/km/library/hack99/secure.linux.for.newbies.v1.1.txt
> 
> Check it out.
> 
> skribe
>         62.0% pure
>         38.0% corrupt
>         36.3636363636364% insane.


Having had a look at it, and the dismissal of ipchains, and the attitude of the
writer of the item at the URL, I wonder about the value of the text at the URL.

Is ipchains really so useless as the writer of the item at the URL apparently
claims?

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Bret Busby

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