Re: Common Unix Security Risks - Your help please!

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Date: 06/08/04

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    Ben Watkins <b.u.watkins@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
    > I am currently writing a university assignment on Unix Security.

    > I would be grateful if you guys could help me out...

    > What, in your minds, are the most common (top five) and potentially
    > most exploitable security risks that you see in Unix/Linux
    > deployments?

    Old and buggy server applications. And needlessly started ones
    ( like rpc.statd ) that is not even needed for the task at hand
    ( the fact that they are started is caused by bad administration)

    > These can be simple as poor inetd.conf or user administration/policy
    > based and can range to the more complicated/technical.

    > I look forward to hearing from you,

    > Ben 

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