Re: Am I ready for the internet?
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Jimmy Johansson (jimmy@update.uu.se) [030915 09:43]:
> > Hello, I'm just wondering if I am ready for the internet?
>
> Well, there's no such thing as "finished" securing a system. You're
> ready when you think you're ready enough, when you've evaluated your
> security needs and taken steps to convince yourself that they're taken
> care of.
That's what I thought and thats why I'm asking!
> A couple of things you didn't mention, so I'll make some assumptions. I
> assume you're running stable. I also assume you have a
> security.debian.org line in your sources.list and are current with the
> latest updated packages. I also recommend that you subscribe yourself
> to debian-security-announce and debian-security (and maybe
> debian-firewall, if that's what this machine will be used for) and pay
> attention.
My machine is behind a firewall, an IpCop machine I have set up at home. I
am running Debian Woody 3.0r0 and I have a security.debian.org line in my
sources.list. I'm about to do a security update and then be ready for the
"Big bad Internet", so no I am not yet current with the latest updated
packages, but it is the first thing I will do when I connect this machine.
I'm using this machine mostly for programming purposes and to play around
with Debian. So it is kind of a system for personal growth! :-)
Should I set up some kind of Iptablerules even though I am behind a
firewall?
Thank you for your replies!
/Jimmy
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