Re: Hardening an old Ultrix server

From: Tom Ivar Helbekkmo (tih+nr_at_eunetnorge.no)
Date: 05/23/03 

Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 11:57:10 +0200

Jacques Bourdeau <J_Bourdeau@videotron.ca> wrote:

> I have to improve the security of an old Ultrix server.

Could you possibly replace Ultrix? NetBSD will probably run just fine
on it, will be in a completely different ball park security-wise, and
will probably be able to run any binary software you've got on the box
that's a reason to keep it around in the first place. Check out the
project's web pages at <http://www.netbsd.org/> for more information.

> The first thing I have to change is the old password
> file. Passwords are still in /etc/passwd and readable by every one.

phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu responded:

> Wrong. The hash of the password is readable. This is a huge difference

Not these days, it's not. :-)

-tih 

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