Beginner Security Question

[Alex de Kruijff]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 04:42:20PM -0800, Jon Cavalier wrote:
> so now my question is, since i haven't really crossed
> the next bridge which is to familiarize myself fully
> with the security aspects of freebsd..
> 
> is this thing safe?

Yes. You have to do three thing just like you have to do with windows.
1. Setup a firewall (FreeBSD has two options availible in the system for
this)
2. Update your system from time to time.
3. Don't have easy passwords.

> can i leave my machine online while i go to work, without someone
> easily popping in and planting a rootkit? 

I do.

-- 
Alex

Articles based on solutions that I use:
http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/