Re: [TCLUG:17303] FreeBSD

[Daniel Taylor <dante@plethora.net>]

Mostly command line flags and /etc structure.
Not a difficult change over at all.

But wouldn't it be easier to just replace the offending applications?

A new build of the latest ssh, replace your ftpd with bsd-ftpd,
latest Apache, and kill telnet and the other ports should work.

Of course since you have been cracked already the complete rebuild
necessary to go to BSD is probably a good idea.

Daniel Taylor                Embedded and custom Linux integration.
dante@plethora.net           (612)747-1609

On Sat, 6 May 2000, Eric F Crist wrote:

> Alright, I don't know if this is supported by this group, but since it's a
> linux derivative, I'm assuming it is. 
> 
> I am currently running Caldera OpenLinux (BrokenLinux to the rest of us) and am
> running a small-time webserver on the system.  In the last three weeks, I have
> been hacked into 7-10 times, unless I close www, ftpd, telnet, ssh, and some
> other ports.   Now, if I"m running a web server, it doesn't do me any good to
> close many of these ports.  
> 
> As it turns out, I'm getting hacked because of some well known exploits in my
> version of OL (2.3).
> 
> Thus, I have decided to move to FreeBSD 4.4 (I think that's the version that's
> out right now.).
> 
> I was wondering if somebody could tell me some MAJOR differences (besides file
> locations) between standard linux and a BSD derivative.
> 
> Would be appreciated.
> 
> Eric F Crist
> 
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