“In order to prepare for the happy day in the future when
permanent, high-speed connections to the Internet will be offered
in my area, I decided it was a good idea to start investigating
security issues. The results were shocking.”
“The first shock came from looking at my long-neglected
/var/log/syslog* files. A few ‘refused connect from’ entries. One
‘connect from’ to ftp which apparently succeeded. Oops. Dial-up
Internet users are not overlooked by the crackers after all. And my
security is not bullet-proof. Better to spend some time really
looking at security. And to try to understand something of it this
time. So this meant reading books, FAQ’s, HOWTO’s, and a lot of
articles on the Web; and doing some experiments.”
“This is the result of my investigations. Mind: I am not an
expert, but just an amateur, a home user trying to make things
work. Nothing of this comes with any guarantee.”