Re: Am I ready for the internet?
You can test your security through this website:
https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 12:19, Jimmy Johansson wrote:
> 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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