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In article <3731@wzv.win.tue.nl> rob@wzv.win.tue.nl (Rob J. Nauta) writes:
>In article <1939@kluge.fiu.edu> sumargoh@fiu.edu writes:
>>
>>The subject said it all.  I believe that there is some publish guide line that I can
>>download from some ftp sites.  Could someone give the pointer and send to 
>>            sumargoh@serss0.fiu.edu
>>
>>Thanks a lot for the response.
>
>I can give you some hints myself:
>- Don't connect it to a network, don't connect modems or Ethernet
   
Or at least use dial-out only connections with uucp (and pos cu) only,
and only allow a very limited range of commands (rmail and rnews making
sure you have set news and mail up well) on the uucp link.

>- Don't let anyone use it. If this is not desirable, let only those
>  people use it who need to use it. Also enforce a policy for physical
>  access control.
>- Have a good passwd policy, force users to choose good passwords.
>- Install all patches available, be sure you know what is fixed and
>  what is unfixable.
>- Put a good sysadmin in charge, not some tape-changing drone, but an
>  interested hacker-like programmer-type user.

All the rest is spot on.

Damon
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