[frgeek-michiana] Re: Security on Indy

I turned off lpd, and installed nmap.
What other services need to go?

On Monday 19 May 2003 10:43 pm, you wrote:
> On Mon, 19 May 2003 21:25:10 -0500
>
> Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Indy is probably fairly open to attacks since there is no firewall, and
> > we're relying on the small footprint Debian install.
>
>    There is a fair amount that is open on the box....
>
>    My number one rule for securing a system. If you DO NOT need the
> service, shut it down!
>
>    Number two rule for securing a system.. If you only need to dish out
> stuff, setup a read only service!
>
>    Number three rule.... When in doubt, shut the service off! You can
> always turn it back on if need be.
>
>    In the case of lpd (port 515) that's really not securable... Either get
> the system behind a firewall (on a seperate box) or use cups. My
> understanding is that cups is MUCH more secure then lpd.
>
>    Just my two cents worth....
>
> > II will register a domain name this week and transfer our web site shtml
> > to Indy. Aolserver 3.x deprecated SSI, but there is a substitute
> > (ns_adp_include). So I should be able to rework the html accordingly.
> > I'll find out what it takes for Michiana Freenet to redirect to Indy once
> > we're ready.
> > Tom
>
>     Sounds exciting....
>
>    Goose
>
>
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