Re: [newbie] Security and services that are running?

2002-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
As already advised by others just enable the firewall you find in your Mandrake Control Centre, then visit http://scan.sygatetech.com/ to test it. The good news is that now you are using Linux, and are using Sylpheed as your email client, you will never get an E-mail borne virus, you will never

[newbie] Security and services that are running?

2002-01-21 Thread Mick
Hi list, Being new, and currently enjoying an installation that's up and running (even if it did need a few tweaks here and there) I came across an article about 'Armoring Linux'. It was all about how default installations leave a lot of unneeded services running and provide access for 'undesi