Re: [Security] Fun with Windows all over again

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From: Jeff Anderson-Lee (jonah_at_eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 08:18:47 PDT

Craig Lant wrote:

> Thoughts on these actions

Thank you. We tried the "less disruptive" route and saw the result.
 Let's try the other way and see how this flies.

> and suggestions for more are welcome.

Perhaps (in our copious spare time...once the dust starts to clear) we
could "share the knowledge" by pooling resources and set up a
(centralized?) list of security FAQS/HOW-TOS for managers of end-user
systems. Links to good tutorials on how to secure a system (e.g. use
personal firewalls) would be welcome. (I hear XP has a firewall
built-in.) I'm sure that they (the tutorials) already exist on the
'net, so we aren't inventing the wheel here--at least not to start with.
 (Later we can tailor them to campus/departments.)

EECS has already started somewhat down this path doing a great (IMHO)
job for general user issues with (sometimes site specific) answers on
such issues as e-mail and ssh keys. (see
http://iris.eecs.berkeley.edu/15-faq/10-unix/15-SSH_key.html for an
example) In a similar vein, some "how to secure my system" and "how to
secure my network" pages would be a great addition, even if they are not
"fully polished" at first, but just a link to tutorials at other sites.

Jeff Anderson-Lee
Systems Manager, Digital Library Project
ERL/UCB

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