Comments for Vicky's server guides http://www.vickysguide.com Linux server administration tips and tricks Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:25:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Lynis - security and system auditing tool by admin http://www.vickysguide.com/lynis-security-and-system-auditing-tool/#comment-55 admin Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:46:41 +0000 http://www.vickysguide.com/lynis-security-and-system-auditing-tool/#comment-55 I think you better contact Michael Boelen who is the author of this tool. His contact info can be found at http://www.rootkit.nl/ I'm using it on linux systems and I'm not familiar with Solaris at all. I think you better contact Michael Boelen who is the author of this tool. His contact info can be found at http://www.rootkit.nl/

I’m using it on linux systems and I’m not familiar with Solaris at all.

]]> Comment on Lynis - security and system auditing tool by Sabeer MZ http://www.vickysguide.com/lynis-security-and-system-auditing-tool/#comment-54 Sabeer MZ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:51:37 +0000 http://www.vickysguide.com/lynis-security-and-system-auditing-tool/#comment-54 Hello I m getting below error while running ./lynis -c, could u please help me. I using Sun Solaris 10 on sparc hardware. bash-3.00# ./lynis -c -Q [ Lynis 1.1.7 ] ################################################################################ Lynis comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. See LICENSE file for details about using this software. Copyright 2007-2008 - Michael Boelen, http://www.rootkit.nl/ ################################################################################ [+] Initializing program ------------------------------------ id: illegal option -- u Usage: id [-ap] [user] ./lynis: test: argument expected Hello

I m getting below error while running ./lynis -c, could u please help me. I using Sun Solaris 10 on sparc hardware.

bash-3.00# ./lynis -c -Q

[ Lynis 1.1.7 ]

################################################################################
Lynis comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are
welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
See LICENSE file for details about using this software.

Copyright 2007-2008 - Michael Boelen, http://www.rootkit.nl/
################################################################################

[+] Initializing program
————————————
id: illegal option — u
Usage: id [-ap] [user]
./lynis: test: argument expected

]]> Comment on Lynis - security and system auditing tool by vicky http://www.vickysguide.com/lynis-security-and-system-auditing-tool/#comment-36 vicky Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:35:48 +0000 http://www.vickysguide.com/lynis-security-and-system-auditing-tool/#comment-36 Michael - sorry about that typo. I corrected it and updated the instructions to reflect Lynis 1.0.8. Keep up the good work. Michael - sorry about that typo. I corrected it and updated the instructions to reflect Lynis 1.0.8.

Keep up the good work.

]]> Comment on Lynis - security and system auditing tool by Michael Boelen http://www.vickysguide.com/lynis-security-and-system-auditing-tool/#comment-35 Michael Boelen Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:25:54 +0000 http://www.vickysguide.com/lynis-security-and-system-auditing-tool/#comment-35 Thanks for writing about my tool :) Michael p.s. rm -f xvfz lynis-1.0.7.tar.gz won't work Thanks for writing about my tool :)

Michael

p.s. rm -f xvfz lynis-1.0.7.tar.gz won’t work

]]> Comment on Remove FTP Login Delay With Proftpd by Matteo Cisilino http://www.vickysguide.com/remove-ftp-login-delay-with-proftpd/#comment-34 Matteo Cisilino Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.vickysguide.com/remove-ftp-login-delay-with-proftpd/#comment-34 The problem is not on the IdentLookup but in the mod_delay that is on by default. This module gives a 10 seconds delay before prompting for login, as written in the Doc "Delay engine reduces impact of the so-called Timing Attack described in http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-10-02" The problem is not on the IdentLookup but in the mod_delay that is on by default.

This module gives a 10 seconds delay before prompting for login, as written in the Doc “Delay engine reduces impact of the so-called Timing Attack described in http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-10-02“

]]> Comment on Remove FTP Login Delay With Proftpd by neonDragon http://www.vickysguide.com/remove-ftp-login-delay-with-proftpd/#comment-1 neonDragon Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:06:10 +0000 http://www.vickysguide.com/remove-ftp-login-delay-with-proftpd/#comment-1 I was having the same problems with huge delays when logging in, found this through Google and it sorted out the problem very nicely. Not many servers even have identd running these days, anyway. :) I was having the same problems with huge delays when logging in, found this through Google and it sorted out the problem very nicely. Not many servers even have identd running these days, anyway. :)

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