Re: How safe is Linux system
On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 12:10:39PM -0400, Vivek Kumar wrote:
> Hi there,
hi,
> Cyber security organizations warned network administrators on Wednesday
> about a Web site hacking contest that appeared to be scheduled to begin
> on Sunday, July 6.
>
> Any thought on this as far as Linux systems are concerned. What are the
> few things we should take care of ?
be sure to upgrade your software to the latest release or upgrade to the
security patches provided by debian.
watch all your active web-content (like PHP and perl CGI scripts).
software does have bugs. you make it harder to sploit the system when
your system is current (like servers and interpreters), but this doesn't
prevent anybody from sploiting poorly written code (in sense of
security).
at least, watch your logs for unusual queries. if you think somebody is
sploiting your system, take responsibility and on worst case, deactivate
the infected parts or even shutdown your network completly and try to
identify the source and affected components in your system.
HTH a bit.
- regards, turrican
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