On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 03:36:47PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
I used to think that as well. Apparently most distributions are not
secure *out of the box*. It takes more work/skill to secure Linux than
it does to secure Windows XP. Hence there are probably more secure XP
installations out
It takes more work/skill to secure Linux than it does to secure
Windows XP. Hence there are probably more secure XP installations
out there than Linux boxes.
Secure has different definitions in *nix and MS Windows.
For instance, Microsoft does not consider local exploits to be
real security
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Karl Magdsick wrote:
Also, if you find a way to turn off the administrative SMB/CIFS share(s)
under XP without disabling SMB/CIFS all together, please let me know.
It was possible under Win2k, but now the administrative share(s) are better
hidden and (as far as I can tell)
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 07:35:21PM -0500, Mike Dobbs wrote:
Nothing is impossible! Yes linux as a non-root user is very secure
especially today, but you should still have an idea of what you are
running. That's why debian repositories are great, gpg signed, and
maintained by good people.
mmh..i'm not lazy, i was just thinking that was useless to install a
virus scanner and other stuff on my debian : )
So, what do u suggest to me to secure my os? there is a quick guide
somewhere that explains some basic steps to do?
thank you!
michele
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So, what do u suggest to me to secure my os? there is a quick guide
somewhere that explains some basic steps to do?
See the Securing Debian Manual, on www.debian.org/doc
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 01:58:53AM +0200, Michele Concina wrote:
mmh..just a stupid question..do i need a virus scanner? r there virus
for linux? i thought that was impossible to be infected coze how can a
virus install itself if i use my os not as root?
I'm just a newbie so i don't know so
Paulo Marcondes ha scritto:
So, what do u suggest to me to secure my os? there is a quick guide
somewhere that explains some basic steps to do?
See the Securing Debian Manual, on www.debian.org/doc
yè i already knew about that..i was hoping in something less that 233
pages : )
Hello,
On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 07:11:58PM +0200, Thierry wrote:
I am looking for an free virus scanner running under 64 bits OS
Any idea ?
clamav. You might want to use the volatile version, though:
http://volatile.debian.net/mirrors.html
Best regards
Frederik Schueler
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Frederik Schueler ha scritto:
Hello,
On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 07:11:58PM +0200, Thierry wrote:
I am looking for an free virus scanner running under 64 bits OS
Any idea ?
clamav. You might want to use the volatile version, though:
http://volatile.debian.net/mirrors.html
Best regards
Nothing is impossible! Yes linux as a non-root user is very secure
especially today, but you should still have an idea of what you are
running. That's why debian repositories are great, gpg signed, and
maintained by good people.
I think there are some virus scanner that run on linux, but don't
The anti-virus is for Windows machines,
you run the anti-virus on the Linux mail-server, http-proxy etc.
in order to protect your users which mostly use Windows on their PCs
Linux is leader in the server segment, where windows should never have
penetrated.
Michel.
Em Seg, 2005-10-17 às 19:35
On 10/18/05 01:58:53AM +0200, Michele Concina wrote:
mmh..just a stupid question..do i need a virus scanner? r there virus
for linux? i thought that was impossible to be infected coze how can a
virus install itself if i use my os not as root?
I'm just a newbie so i don't know so much about
Don't get lazy just because you're running *nix.
If your unprileged user account got infected, it could still wipe out or corrupt
all of that user's data, and/or infect any binaries or source code writeable
by that user. Your command shell initialization/customization scripts are
executed at
Hi,
I am looking for an free virus scanner running under 64 bits OS
Any idea ?
Thx
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