Re: Pro-active Security Software?

From: Pragmatic (pragmatist_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 08/05/03

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    Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 22:17:07 GMT

    On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 17:57:02 -0400, David P. Donahue wrote:

    > I'm setting up a hybrid Linux/Windows network and am looking for
    > ideas/suggestions on pro-active security software. I can assure you that I
    > have little experience in the matter, as this is my first true effort in the
    > subject. I've been searching around the Internet, as it were, to find ideas
    > on what I should do, but "linux network security" and the like aren't
    > exactly specific search terms :)
    >
    > Basically, I'm looking for software (freeware, ideally... I'm open to
    > purchasing software at a reasonable price if and only if it has a fully
    > functional trial version) that will sit on a linux box (I'll probably be
    > running Mandrake's latest when I get around to actually building this
    > network, the hardware of which is currently in storage) and basically scan
    > the network and local server for, well, anything you think I should look
    > for. Open ports, filesystem problems, etc. I'm open to any suggestions on
    > the list of things I should be looking for. Extensive logging and reporting
    > is, of course, very important.
    >
    > Basically, as I make my way through the massive, stormy sea of downloadable
    > software on the subject, I'm pretty much just looking for suggestions on
    > software with which others have had luck and/or some URLs to point me in the
    > right direction. If you need to know anything more about the network itself
    > just ask. I would really appreciate any help you can offer, and I thank you
    > for your time.

    No need to purchase anything. Look in the /usr/share/doc directory and
    read up on ipchains/iptables for firewall. Look for nmap and/or nmapfe
    for port scanning.

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