RE: Must-Have Administration Tools?

["Raphael Pereira" <rpereira () onesec com br>]

Hi Andrew,


You can use a Linux System with VMWare. Put your FreeBSD machine in a
virtual vmware machine of VMware, and make a copy backup of this machine
files in your linux file system. You can run IDS and other tools in your
linux machine to capture the network traffic and if you have some problems
with your FreeBSD machine, just remove or rename the problem machine files
and copy your FreeBSD backup files to the system.

You can use firewall rules to protect your linux system or don't set IP
Address to system. You can use Windows in this solution too, but I prefer
Linux system.

[],

Raphael


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Smith [mailto:arse () somethingentertainment co uk] 
Sent: segunda-feira, 10 de maio de 2004 15:19
To: security-basics () lists securityfocus com
Subject: Must-Have Administration Tools?

I am considering putting a FreeBSD machine onto the internet and offering
out free SSH accounts, mainly to give myself first hand experience at server
administration.
I'm not new to BSD, but i'm no where near good at it, so my question is are:
What are the 'must have' have security/administration/monitoring/general
tools or documents that i install or should read before doing so?
I accept that my server could easily be 'cracked' during my its time
connected to the internet, this does not particularly bother me, i just want
to learn..

Thanks for any replies,

Andrew,

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