Re: SLFS book chapter proposals

On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 13:28, Robert R. Russell wrote:
> On Saturday 20 December 2003 08:32 am, Robert Day wrote:

> <snip>
> 
> > Chapter 2 - Keeping up to Date
> >  Very important. A system is only as secure as it is current. Anyone who
> >  has ever worked in security will know this. New exploits are found
> >  daily, and the user has to keep on top of it. Here we can detail the
> >  common mailing lists security folk monitor to stay on top of things.
> >  Such lists as CERT and bugtraq - and links to the info page for each.
> > Chapter 3 - I've been Hacked!
> >  Oh boy. We thought this could never happen! But it did. Someone got to
> >  our system before the patch fixed the hole. Now we have a breach. Now
> >  what? We detail rootkits here, common uses of a hacked box, what to
> >  look for, and how to clean up the mess. (remember, not everyone wants
> >  to reinstall every time they get hacked. SLFS is going to be a much
> >  bigger project to undertake then LFS). Also in here should be
> >  information on researching a hack, and how to trace out HOW they got
> >  in and how to prevent it in the future.
> 
> Actually doing backups could be covered here although the why to backup might 
> need to be covered somwhere else.
> 

For sure...   I totally missed backups....  MyBad(tm)

Rob Day (BOFH)

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