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Legacy Forums => General Discussion (Legacy) => Topic started by: Tony Z on January 04, 2003, 09:03:12 PM

Title: security templates
Post by: Tony Z on January 04, 2003, 09:03:12 PM

This may sound like a dumb question. but I have been using e-smith for a while now and absolutely love it.  As I try to convince others to use it, am I correct assuming that it is more secure than other distributions because if someone does happen to compromise a config file, the templates would replace the corrupted config file once  they are expanded again?  I am assuming this is the case, but just want to make sure before I give out wrong information.  Thanks!

Tony Z

Title: Re: security templates
Post by: Dan Brown on January 05, 2003, 01:03:30 AM

No, that's not really what makes SME more secure than many other distributions, although I'm sure it helps a bit.  Security is a function of the specific configuration (firewall, etc.) and the software that's used (qmail instead of sendmail, for example).