Neoguy17 Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Thinkin of givin mandrake 9.0 a go for my first time tryin out a linux based os. Just wondering beforehand where abouts I can get ahold of a anti-virus and firewall program that'll run under mandrake 9.0. Thanx! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodigium Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 i'm using linux firewall, desinged for Linux 2.4. it supports advanced features for both servers and routers such as port forwarding and connection logging, and it's ease to install and configure. here's link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 I"m not currently using a firewall software, but i've pretty much got this thing secure. Even if i had a heaping gap, ALL of the attempted attacks i get are from script kiddies trying to use windows hacking software. I have yet to encounter a virus that doesn' spread through outlook, or windows screensavers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Check my replies.. -> https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...ST&f=30&t=49703 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 I have yet to encounter a virus that doesn' spread through outlook FYI its actually Outlook *Express* that is the problem, and specifically HTML rendering via IE 5.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clone5k Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 anti-virus software isn't necessary in linux because they aren't too many virus to worry about. But if you are using your linux pc as a mail server for windows clients, it would be a good idea to install AV software to stop viruses from getting to those windows machines. As far as a firewall goes, do a google search on iptables, and you can learm to build your own firewall script or find a pre-made one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaMMa Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 Yea viruses aren't a problem... as long as you know what you're installing you're all set. I believe there are only 13 linux viruses out there, none of which do any damage unless you give them root access... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 It's a good reason never to log in as root, and especially never log in as root and use IRC. Without having root access a virus can do nothing, and a virus run by you has your privelages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 It's a good reason never to log in as root, and especially never log in as root and use IRC. Without having root access a virus can do nothing, and a virus run by you has your privelages. It just needs someone to find a nice privilage escalation exploit, and it wont matter what you log in as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 Well, if you log in as someone with only privaleges to edit ~ directory, and run simple binaries and games i don't believe you'll ever have any problems. The likelyhood of a person actually knowledgable enough and willing to waste time on home linux pc's is none. Unless you **** someone off that is ;) You could also make it even harder and mess with all kinds of configurations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaMMa Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 Well viruses for Linux aren't really exploits, they're just scripts that check for root access, ask for it, and run 'rm -fr *' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoguy17 Posted January 24, 2003 Author Share Posted January 24, 2003 Thanx for clearing things up for me everyone! Appreciate it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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