linuxforums.org — Security is an important issue in computing. Unfortunately, many computers allow a cracker to gain access to them and retrieve sensitive information, or just make life hard. This article will review the basics in general security and explain how to apply it to two Linux distributions--Ubuntu and Kubuntu.
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gaijinDec 5, 2006
@sq377Good tips from your post as well as the article. Ubuntu's always been fairly open for a Linux based OS. Back about Breezy Badger time frame I read in one of the docs that Ubuntu was meant primarily for single user desktops. As it shows up in more multi-user environments there are definitely some places it needs to be tightened up.
lagartoflojoDec 5, 2006
@AlanKcHmm, I think you totally missed the joke.
fknightDec 5, 2006
Someone please cue up some pedantic slashdotter to explain to us what "hacker" really means.
sq377Dec 5, 2006
"That is only happen if their root has no password (and thats stupid thing )"It is only if they haven't change the default password. There is a password, but yea. Also chrooting from the cd drive WILL give you root if you have an altered root password.
alisencerDec 5, 2006
> Although both Ubuntu and Kubuntu are fairly secure--they do not leave any ports open by > default--it is always a good idea to install a firewall. Since firewalls are important to making> a computer more secure, two firewalls are evaluated in this article:There is absolutely zero point in installing a firewall, if you are not a) willing to learn about networking and b) willing and able to create or at least follow a security policy (what is being protexted from who? in which way?). Someone who is unable to configure the listening services on his machine correctly, will also be unable to correctly configure his firewall. Ubuntu is doing the right thing here, by simply not having any software running by default which listens for traffic on any port. A firewall in that scenario does not provide *any* gain.
tuxbuntaDec 5, 2006
All I know is that the shields test tells me I am 100% invisible with firestarter set up as opposed to just being safe, and visible without it.
aragon127Dec 5, 2006
sudo rm -rfsecurity problems gone.
zhulienDec 5, 2006
ps, the last thing I want my computer to do, is to make it more difficult for me to poke/peek around it's memory - Windoze and Linux are prime examples of sucky OSs in regards to what it lets me, the owner of my own computer do. Thank god there are other systems available which don't have mandatory memory protection.
macewanDec 5, 2006
I'd be more concerned with someone using Windows than someone using Ubuntu though.:-)