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Hardening Linux
davidmwilliams writes "Out of the box, many Linux systems are insecure with open ports and unpatched vulnerabilities. Read about the essential steps to
secure your server as well as how to solve them manually and via automated tools like Bastille."
yes but does it run my favorite rootkit?
The summary is ... strange.
"... many Linux systems are insecure with open ports" ... "...how to secure your server ..."
Remember all those internet ads about "YOUR COMPUTER HAS OPEN PORTS !!!"
Its a computer connected to "Teh Intarweb" - its supposed to have open ports.
Next we'll read another story about how some "1337 hacker hacked into another person's machine" at IP address 127.0.0.1, erased all their files, and somehow, the "other person" was able to hack their machine and do the same thing ...
Followed by a nostalgiac look at "Punch-the-monkey" ads.
Can you tell us the story about how you came to write this article?
Here's how I'm picturing it:
(editor) Mr. Williams, we need a techie article on Linux.
(mr. williams) Okay... I haven't touched linux since I played around with my RedHat 7.2 box 3 years ago.
(editor) Do you still have it?
(mr. williams) Yes, what would you like me to write about it?
(editor) Write something up on securing its "holes and vulnerabilities", and we'll sensationalize it a bit by making it look like Linux is insecure out of the box.
(mr. williams) I don't know how to do that.
(editor) Find something on google. Try it on your RedHat machine.
(mr. williams) I'm going to look really stupid.
(editor) You're a journalist.
Just disrupt the deflector shield with a tachyon burst.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it