LinuxWorld: Are you sure that you’re secure?

“Far from the glamorous world of the LinuxWorld Expo’s
exhibition floor, Joe Barr learned a few valuable lessons about
security. … Jon Lasser, system administrator at the
University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, was the speaker at a
session entitled ‘Top Ten Things You Need To Do To Secure Your
Linux Box.’ “

“Jon voiced a realistic appraisal of how much he — or any other
sysadmin — can do to stop the bad guys. Among his key points:

• You can’t stop them — though, if you’re lucky, you might catch
  them
• There are more of them than you
• At least some of them are smarter than you
• They have infinite time available to play on the Internet”

[ Good list of references provided, to get more details on each
point – LT ed. ]

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