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On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Shawn Parker wrote:
i won't say 'impossible' simply because anything can be cracked given
enough skill, time and effort. but, if you lock down a linux box by
ensuring all unused ports are closed, all user accounts are configured
correctly (permissions, access, etc) and you disable all unused daemons
then it's certainly going to be tough to crack.
there have been exploitable code flaws in apache, mysql and php in
recent months. not too mention if you don't lock mysql down right then
sql injections could wreak havoc on your system and provide a back way
in.
that said, i have a debian lamp box at my house that has survived 6+
months of daily brute force attempts and, i'm sure, other malicious
attacks. i get ping of death warnings in my firewall logs sometimes.
so far, none of them have been successful. and, i'm by no means a
security expert. i have faith in the security of linux.
I see it the same. If a new vulnerability opens up and someone happens to
exploit it and attack my machine before I apply a security patch, then
they'll get me. That doesn't happen very often and we have ways of coping
with it. Thanks.
Mike
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