full-disclosure - How to Determine My System Vulnerabilities

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Date: Wed Jan 11 01:59:04 2006
From: prb at lava.net (prb@...a.net)
Subject: How to Determine My System Vulnerabilities

Robert Wesley McGrew wrote:
> On 1/10/06, Eugene.Smith@...s.frb.org <Eugene.Smith@...s.frb.org> wrote:
> 
>>I have three servers running Linux Red Hat OS.  I would lke to find a source
>>for information regarding "How Too" when it comes to determining what level
>>of kernel, SSH, PHP, ect my servers are running.  I do know how to check
>>some of these things but am looking for someone who is very knowledgeble and
>>is willing to answer questions about this OS.
>>
>> Gene Smith
>>Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
>>IT/ Telecom  612 204 6355
> 
> 
> I know I feel like the Federal Reserve is safe now.

I know what you mean.

To Gene,

Such a question will get a fair percentage of this list trying to break 
into the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Still, I'll throw you this 
bone:

Kernel version: uname -srv
SSH version: ssh -v
PHP version: php -v

For a basic Linux reference: Red Hat's Web site has a lot of 
information. Also, you might try these PDFs:
http://nighty.ulyssis.org/linuxmanuals/misc/Linux_Newbie_Administrators_Guide.pdf
http://nighty.ulyssis.org/linuxmanuals/misc/Linux_Command_Refference.pdf
http://nighty.ulyssis.org/linuxmanuals/misc/Linux_Sysadmin_Guide.pdf

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