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Making UNIX-based Servers More Secure

Overview This paper will focuse on reducing network services to the bare minimum for an exposed UNIX-based Web server, focused on reducing network services to the bare minimum for an exposed NT Web server.
If all networked services are disabled, the only way to access a system is from the console or by usurping network connections originating from that system. For example, a desktop user machine with no services enabled could still get into trouble by receiving email with an overly-endowed mail reader (the Melissa virus) or by receiving active content (ActiveX or Java). Our focus is on servers, and you can eliminate these threats from critical servers by eliminating desktop-styled users.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Spirit.com	File Format	HTML
Date Published	June 1999
Format	White Papers
Topics	Application Servers, UNIX, Application Security Tools

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