[NTLUG:Discuss] Secure a system by securing GCC..

[Richard Geoffrion]

----- Original Message -----
From: <brian at pongonova.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Secure a system by securing GCC..


> On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 07:21:12AM -0500, Aaron Goldblatt wrote:
> > wget installed (and who doesn't?),
>
> Um...I don't, on any of my servers.  Anyone who doesn't know exactly what
is
> available on their servers probably shouldn't be running a server (of any
sort) in
> the first place.
>
> I get the distinct impression (from a couple of years of monitoring NTLUG
posts)
> that there are still folks out there who install distros and simply have
NO IDEA
> what they're running.  This isn't a flame...simply an observation: If you
have to
> cover yourself with comments such as "who isn't running xyz", mayhaps you
need to
> take a closer look at your own system.  This goes for anyone else who
simply
> doesn't know what they're running.
>
> It's good you ask here...that means you're concerned.  But your so-called
"secure"
> box is only as secure as the applications you leave on it for others to
hack with.
> If you have to ask about it, it probably doesn't belong on the box.
>

Well folks, it's been real!  I guess I'm gonna unplug my cable modem,
reformat my drives, leave them blank and break out my chisel and stone.