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MrTwister
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 11:18 am    Post subject: How secure is my standard gentoo installation ? Reply with quote
Hi,

i got one question concerning the security of my gentoo system. Is it "secure" ? I'm not really a security expert, but i have no telnet, ftp, etc. running on my box...so is there a way to break in ?!?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
By unplugging the power switch, I can break your gentoo :P
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
no your standard box is not really completely secure. nothing ever is. I recommend you read the security guide:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-security.xml

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 9:03 pm    Post subject: Re: How secure is my standard gentoo installation ? Reply with quote
MrTwister wrote:
Hi,

i got one question concerning the security of my gentoo system. Is it "secure" ? I'm not really a security expert, but i have no telnet, ftp, etc. running on my box...so is there a way to break in ?!?


If you follow the security announcements by updating packages that have security holes in them and you don't have any easy to guess passwords on your box, then yes it's "secure".

"Secure" here meaning that no one is going to easily break into it over the internet.

There are other meanings of the world "secure" like "the CIA itself couldn't crack my box even if they xray'd the hard drive", but that takes more knowledge about security.
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