heads up, folks: random vnc (remote desktop) attempts

Norberto Bensa nbensa at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 00:40:35 UTC 2009


On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:23 PM, H.S. <hs.samix at gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW, on a related note, can't one take away execute permissions from
> /tmp for added security?

You could make it a separate partition, and mount it noexec; /home
should also be noexec, nodev, nosuid. You should also mount /usr ro.
That said, you need a balance. You want a secured box or an usable
one?


> http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/469092836/m/264004244831

Just don't run VNC or any other service if don't need it. And if you
do, please, secure it and monitor it.

Regards,
Norberto




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