U of T campus network security

William Park opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Sat Aug 13 03:20:52 UTC 2005


On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 11:03:52PM -0400, Igor Denisov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Soon, I'll be a student at U of T and my linux box will be part of the
> U of T network.
> 
> I'm worried about both crackers and the script kiddie haxxorz that
> might lurk there.
> 
> For those of you that have worked/studied/used a computer at U of T,
> are either of those two types present? Are computers broken
> into/messed around with?
> 
> What would you suggest I do to secure my linux box (currently SUSE 9.3 Pro)?
> Currently, it has little besides a firewall and an virus scanner (BitDefender).
> 
> I've considered repatrtitioning and separating /, /var, /tmp, /usr,
> and /home and chrooting each service running on my box.
> 
> Thanks in advance,

Lock and key.  Theft is still the number one problem.

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