[LinuxUsers] Dan Tentler's script kiddie antics last night

[David Kaiser]

Thanks Steve!    Those thoughts are worth way more than a penny...  :)

I have been using Debian since 2000 or 2001 or so - and I had never
actually read that HOWTO.  That is awesome - and totally applicable for
Ubuntu I think.  I think I will be recommending people to look at that one.

DK


Vasta, Stephen wrote:
>  . . . a penny for my thoughts . . .
>
> Take a closer look at the following website:
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html
>
> This document demonstrates everything needed to secure your system from
> attack.  Of particular interest is section 4.17.6: Protecting against
> ARP attacks.
>
> As a personal preference, I'm running Debian Lenny as a base system,
> with any "at-home" and/or "at-work" systems that I need as VirtualBox
> machines (i.e.: my at-work Windows XP system).  I use tools described in
> the above document to protect my base (and hence my virtual) machines .
> . .  The VirtualBox package has just been picked-up for ongoing support
> and development by Sun Microsystems, and to me (for my purposes)
> exhibits at least 3 times better performance than VMware.  Also, it's
> free . . .
>