[CentOS] Unknown rootkit causes compromised servers

Tue Jan 29 15:52:10 UTC 2008
Milton Calnek <milton at calnek.com>


Johnny Hughes wrote:
> Jim Perrin wrote:
> 
> The real reason is that RHEL does not ship that way, so CentOS does not 
> either.
> 
> The bottom line for this and all other questions like it is this:
> 
> We clone the configuration of the upstream system on purpose so that 
> CentOS performs as much as possible like the upstream product ... 
> if/when they change the defaults, so will we.
> 
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
> 
If you don't like the defaults, get anaconda to change them for you.
Or write a script that you run shortly after install to make the changes 
for you.

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Milton Calnek BSc, A/Slt(Ret.)
milton at calnek.com
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