> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: vrijdag 7 februari 2003 14:53 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: [newbie] Faulty memory for the second time > > > On Friday 07 February 2003 08:19 am, Vaessen, E.M.J. (Ed) wrote: > > > 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? > should not be any "danger" or problem >
Thanks! One thing less to worry about. > > > > 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. > > > ************************************************************** > ********** > > > 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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