This monday: Webmin, Gentoo

Ted Roche tedroche at tedroche.com
Fri Jul 30 14:59:19 EDT 2004


Excellent points Derek, and I'll be sure to integrate them into the 
presentation.


Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com

On Jul 30, 2004, at 12:52 AM, Derek Martin wrote:

> Especially with this kind of build-up, I feel obliged to point out the
> dangers of using Webmin to administer a server.
>
> Webmin can indeed be a very convenient way to administer a Unix box.
> However, Web-based applications have historically proven notoriously
> hard to write securely, and Webmin is no exception to the rule.
> Webmin itself has had a history of security vulnerabilities, as you
> can see by searching the archives on Securityfocus.  The most recent
> of these was published last month.
>




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