Re: Securing system

["Martin Bialasinski" <martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>]

>> "Mark" == Mark Wagnon <mwagnon1@home.com> writes:

Mark> order to telnet into my gateway (is that right?)). But i've read
Mark> in the past that telnet isn't very secure and that people can
Mark> intercept logins and passwords when one telnets to a computer.

If the packages pass theri box. For LANs, this is the broadcast
domain. I better alternative to telnet is ssh from non-us, which has
encrypted connections and other goodies like X forwarding - nice thing 
if you want to run X apps as root).

Mark> Can anyone supply some security related resources that can get
Mark> this neophyte started?

http://www.securityfocus.com/

Linux Administrator's Security Guide - https://www.seifried.org/lasg/

Ciao,
	Martin