On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Narendra Diwate <narendra.diw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2010/6/15 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.ar...@gmail.com> >> >> Sorry for top posting, as i use mobile to send this mail >> >> Apart from using all these softwares, it depends a lot on us as well like >> 1) using strong passwords >> 2) limiting others to have physical assess (very important) >> 3) using secure browsers and various defensive addons like noscript >> 4) using trusted and secure dns to avoid any kind of dns caching >> 5) using common sense, whether to click on this link or not, whether >> to trust this application or not ... >> >> I think it is a security risk to comment about ones security mechanism >> in a public forum, but as far as my security model is concerned i use >> a lot of browser defensive addons some important ones include >> noscript, adblock, wot on firefox >> >> > Absoultely agree with Mallikarjun. While i put this Q, i did not expect > anyone to go into detail about all the things they do or not do to keep safe > because that in itself will be unsafe, i just wanted wanted to know what you > guys considered important and what not so. The points I mentioned are also a > small part of my security thinking and implementation.
Even I was curious about the replies but not many replies I would say firewall is always a plus, Apart from that I don't or can't think of any other security application which is a must,,, Weakest link is always Web-Browser > > One reason i do not use Antivirus is that i had found it to be slowing down > my system drastically. I had installed ClamAV on a Ubuntu 9.04 (?) and it > had slowed down the whole system. Scanning something from Nautilus was also > so slow and would hang. Definitely I would agree with you... > > The other reason was that i thought, If it was essential Ubuntu would have > put it on the ISO. If its not there, so i may not need it. Of course this > reasoning can be deadly. Don't count on Distro guys, sometimes subtle things will be missed out.... > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
