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Article #47123Re: Making a Linux Server
From: Brendan Crawford
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:00
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On 18 Jan 1999, Zebee Johnstone wrote: > > * TFTP > > A frighteningly insecure ftp protocol.. comes in a tftp rpm. I'll check out the man pages, to see, but I hope that it can be run such that the box can only tftp out, but does not accept any requests for tftp in to the box. > > Set up your hosts allow/deny to prevent any but known IP addresses > (don't use names, use IPs) . Man tcpd > Decide if you want the lab to be able to access the outside world > at all, if not then use an airgap firewall - no cables to the outside > world. I'm pretty certain that we will have an airgap firewall, since authorization from a "higher authority" is necessary to actually put this machine on the www. >Zebee > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,9934d83f53eac0ff X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: Brendan Crawford <brendan@hemlock.newcastle.edu.au> Subject: Re: Making a Linux Server Date: 1999/01/18 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990118135119.8938C-100000@hemlock.newcastle.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 433851665 References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990118083538.8585A-100000@hemlock.newcastle.edu.au> <slrn7a5012.kvv.zebee@zipper.zip.com.au> To: Zebee Johnstone <zebee@zip.com.au> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Organization: The University of Newcastle Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux