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Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 [message #22844 is a reply to message #22823]

Thu, 07 December 2000 00:00

Paul van Delst
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Registered: March 1997

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Richard French wrote:
>
> On the topic of Linux and RedHat, just got this alert from two colleagues:
>
> just got the following messages from colleagues at other institutions
> using RedHat Linux 6:

<snip desc of crackers getting into system>

This isn't just an issue for linux. Just recently a Sun system I work on had been cracked (via the
ftp server). It's happened to big SGI boxes too. I would be amazed if *any* system *hasn't* been
cracked into. I can't comment on whether linux is more susceptible but I doubt it (on a per capita
basis).

> A word to the wise!
>
> And a reply from another colleague
>
> Telnet is a notorious weak point. Better to always use the more secure SSH.

Good lord. Doesn't *everyone* use SSH nowadays??? :o) If you are at some sort of institution that
has any sort of number crunching capability (that can be used for breaking into even more secure
machines) I hope that there are people employed just to watch out for this sort of thing.

paulv

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		Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 By: Paul Woodford on Thu, 07 December 2000 10:24
		Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 By: Nick Bower on Thu, 07 December 2000 09:49
		Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 By: Richard French on Thu, 07 December 2000 09:16
		Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 By: Vapuser on Thu, 07 December 2000 08:00
		Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 By: Nigel Wade on Thu, 07 December 2000 08:02
		Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 By: Nigel Wade on Thu, 07 December 2000 07:30
		Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 By: Paul van Delst on Thu, 07 December 2000 00:00
		Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 06 December 2000 13:36
		Re: IDL and RedHat version 7.0 By: Kenneth Mankoff on Wed, 06 December 2000 00:00

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