Re: [newbie] Linux Apps

[Jason Greenwood]

That is all true BUT I have been running Linux for 3 years now with no 
special software and I have not been cracked or had any virii or 
security problems of any kind. I think you'll find that most of your 
security concerns just "melt away" just by switching to Linux. It is sad 
really, Linux lulls you into a (false?) sense of security after a while. 
Windows is insecure by design, Linux is not, that is the key.

Cheers

Jason

Dennis Myers wrote:

On Wednesday 27 August 2003 07:58 pm, Russ wrote:
 

Hi All,

I was wondering if you could help me with some advice. I have just
jumped to only Linux on this computer. However there are a couple of
apps that I would like to find equivalents to for Linux.
One is an easy to use Firewall program (ZoneAlarm). Any suggestions.

Second is a Clipboard program that you can save data in different groups
like ClipMate.
Thanks
Russ
   

Lots of firewall possibilities. Smoothwall is on the 9.1 download disks, it 
works well for me. Firestarter is another, do a google search on firewalls at 
http://www.google.com/linux     That should be a good start. I know some 
folks have had problems with Smoothwall but I found that if you install it 
and then turn it off and connect with the internet and then turn it on again 
in MCC it works fine. You can do some configuration in the MCC gui and it 
does a good job of keeping out the bad guys. HTH
 

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