Re: Linux and firewalls
From: Duane Arnold (Notme_at_Notme.com)
Date: 11/23/04
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 03:16:33 GMT
Kerodo wrote:
>
> Thanks Duane (and everyone else who replied).. No, I do not have any
> kind of router here. Sounds like I should get one perhaps. That would
> probably be the safest thing I guess.. And easiest. A $50 expenditure
> is no problem..
No doubt that the router is a good choice.
>
> I have heard some good words from others about SuSe also. Thanks for
> confirming that.
The distributions like SuSe makes it easy to install Linux and set it up and
become productive using Linux quickly and it has help support. You know I
had someone have the nerve to talk about Linux is not a point and click
world. Well if Linux wants to really compete and get a broader user base,
then it had better become a point and click world, which I do see that is
just that a point and click world with the ability for the user to go to
the Command Line like MS if need be.
>
> For some reason or other I was under the general impression that Linux
> was more immune to the usual threats from the internet, but maybe that
> was a silly or juvenile belief I had.
It's more immune because it's being used less than let's say MS products.
But now the average Joe Blow can install Linux with SuSe Linux and other
such distributions. And Linux is open to and is being attacked. And the
clueless on the MS side will carry that clueless ness to the Linux side and
be attack just the same. The patches for a while were popping out like pop
corn like MS. So, I enabled the Auto Patch checking feature for critical
Linux updates at the SuSe site just like I do for the MS machines. I have
not seen any come across in a while. ;-)
> Most likely... :) I'm not
> paranoid and don't worry much about hackers or intrusions because in 3
> years I've never seen much trouble in my logs here with Win2k, but I'd
> hate to have other systems connecting to me and passing viruses or
> whatnot, if that's even possible..
>
Linux does have security tools like an AV and other security things that can
be installed. I'll have to ask again what those are. I should at least
install the AV and run it on a routine basis. ;-)
You should check out SAMBA that's on the SuSe distribution that allows
Windows and Linux machines to share resources.
I like Linux very much as I do MS, but Linux is not immune to anything and
it's hype. ;-)
Duane :)
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