On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 15:05, Thomas John Wheatley wrote: > What is the best anti-virus solution for RedHat Linux?
Unless you're going to run a corporate mail server, or something similar, you don't need one. But congratulations on trying to be proactive! > Do any windows based viruses work on Linux? Only one that I'm aware of, and that was a proof of concept with little chance of spreading in the wild. Because of the security model of linux, viruses have very little chance of spreading. Instead: 1) Do as little as possible as root. If you aren't root, any virus will be unable to chance system binaries. 2) Update often. You can use Redhat's up2date, or you can use apt (available from freshrpms.net). 3) Only install software from trusted sources. The major problem on linux is worms and human attackers. Don't run any servers you don't need. Shutdown apache, don't install an ftp server for at least a year (until you're really comforable with linux, and even then only if you have a good reason), etc. Myself, I usually leave only SSH running. You can find out what's running by installing nmap-frontend and typing nmapfe then checking yourself (127.0.0.1). Update, update, update. -- Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #define FALSE 0 /* This is the naked Truth */ #define TRUE 1 /* and this is the Light */ -- mailto.c _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
