ltiu wrote: > > There are no viruses for Linux. At least not yet so you won't need an anti-virus >software for Linux. > That's the same thing people said about macros in 1995. So, before you get surprised by an infection, be aware that there exists several viruses for linux, the earliest coded around 1996. There a zip munching virus and and at least one that is dual os. The dual os one is called winux and though it needs winblows for it's primary host, it can infect any ELF file in the windows filesystem. That ELF file can then run under Linux and proceed to do it's thing. You might say that you'll be protected by the permissions under linux. But since most people who dual boot linux, (and some who don't), at home are not so mindful of security, preferring to login as root, well...you can imagine what an all powerful virus can do then. > There are worms though. The only way to protect yourself agains these is to keep >your networking > sofware packages up to date with the latest patches or versions and minimize your >system( shut down > unecessary networking services like for example telnet, Bind dns, dhcp, nfs, >Sendmail............ ). > Yeah, it's been more than a decade since the Morris worm and nothing's changed. > For intrusion detection. You can use Snort, Portsentry and Tripwire. > > The best way to protect yourself is to make good use of the tools already available >on a Linux > system. Syslog, Tcpwrappers - inetd/xinetd, Secure Shell(ssh). > ALWAYS, ALWAYS, log in as a user. -- Paolo Infoweb Telecom (Global) Limited POT: (852) 2388-1168/1053/1476 or 2625-1688 loc 127 FAX: (852) 2625-1501 7B CNT Tower, 338 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, SAR, China 852 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
