Greetings! On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:17:22 +0200 (MEST) "Martin Fries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I´m not an expert. Just a normal user. But I think Linux is vulnerable > like any other OS.
Yes and no. When surfing as normal user *ware programs cannot install themselves as system services or overwrite programs simply as you/they do not have the (file) permissions to do so. You either have to install them explicitly (manually) as root/admin or you have to explicitly save them and subsequently start them via shell = command line. As this is ackward, unattractive to the normal user, the risk of inadvertly executing such a program is considerably lower than under Windows("klick on the attachment" type of attacks). Plus there is no such thing as the standard Microsoft remote virus installation tools (IE and Outlook) that come with such great *ware support technologies as ActiveX. > install an configure :) a firewall Better: install your workstation so it does not have services running you don't need. Or bind them to the local / loopback interface so they are unreachable for an attacker. This renders a firewall unnecessary in most cases. > don´t work as root (Administrator) !!! sic !!! Bye Volker Tanger ITK Security -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]