[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: linux based security tool...recommendation

[Kyle Davenport]

From: MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>
>On Jan 14, 2004, at 2:05 PM, Kyle Davenport wrote:
>>
>> I just tried LSAT (look on Freshmeat).  Really impressive.
>> Comprehensive
>> and distribution aware.   Lots of suggested fixes for even the most
>> security obsessive.
>
> Be sure and research anything it says to do before you do it.  It
> recommended removing several packages I use daily as well as some
> config changes that will  break how things work.  It also reports a lot
> of info, that most people will have no idea why it is being reported.
> And it saying in one place and X is listening on TCP and says it is not
> in another place.  Neat tool, but be careful about doing everything it
> says.

for sure.  I just laughed when I saw those, but I suppose security can
never be left to the clueless newbie.