> As a general principle, viruses don't propagate on a linux > system unless you > connect as root. A few exploits exist to put in trojan > worms, but if you > stay updated you can avoid those. Portsentry is an intrusion > detector which > could be well enhanced by iptables. There are soe good, > stateful firewalls > out there based on iptables, and I favor some of the ones on > websites posted > as a set of iptables rules over shorewall. > > No there are no viruses that can damage electronics.
The tech department of the electronics shop where I bought my PC said the same about viruses. As for the internet: I always connect as normal user, using a USB ADSL modem, and the connection script calls binary pppd. A configuration file makes that another binary, named pppoa3, is run. Both pppd and pppoa3 have been allowed by root (myself in fact) to be used by group "modem", to which the normal user belongs. Is there any danger in doing so? > lm_sensors will smoke > IBM 600, 770 and A2x series IBM notebooks to the point of a > factory return > for a new motherboard, but that should be a concern only if > you are using > some other distro cause lm_sensors is never loaded by default > in Mandrake. > (the damage is to firmware on the board which the board does > not have the > ability to flash in any sane way--overwriting drivers for the > I2C bus). > > Civileme > > > Disclaimer ************************************************************************ Aan dit bericht kunnen geen rechten worden ontleend. Dit bericht is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Als u dit bericht per abuis hebt ontvangen, wordt u verzocht het te vernietigen en de afzender te informeren. Wij adviseren u om bij twijfel over de juistheid of de volledigheid van de mail contact met afzender op te nemen. ************************************************************************
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