Re: Debian or Linux 7???

["Daniel Stark" <symresource@hotmail.com>]

How exactly did you get hacked?  Did you leave security wholes large enough 
for a bus to drive through open?  Open your inetd.conf file and # out 
everything!  The only thing you need open is port 22.  Others will disagree, 
but depending on what you server is used for, this should be your first step 
for security.


> From: Steve Rudd <srudd@bible.ca>
> To: debian-security@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Debian or Linux 7???
> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:12:29 -0500
>
> Hi!
>
> I am frustrated with the linux 2.2 kernel. I have had two hacks in 3 months
> and I am going broke rebuilding my server.
>
> I went out and bought Redhat 7, and got hacked 6 weeks later.
>
> I have been placed in contact with a guy who wants me to use Debian. But if
> it based upon the same kernel as redhat, how is it going to be more secure?
> I checked and found that
>
> from (http://www.securityfocus.com/)
> Security risks for years: 1997-2000 respectively:
> Debian 3, 2, 32, 45, 12
> RedHat 6, 10, 49, 85, 20
>
> So Debian is about twice as good as redhat, but that is not real 
> reassuring.
>
> I am considering joining the debian family, but am a bit concerned about
> security.
>
> Just how much more secure is Debian than redhat?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve Rudd
>
>
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