Re: Linux anti-virus any good? [CLOSED}

Well, the high-scoring workstation choices cost too much for me, and/or did not have a version for Linux. Server choices are not appropriate for my situation. So I'll stick with rkhunter, chkrootkit, NoScript, uBlock Origin, Better Privacy, what's built into Firefox and Thunderbird, and

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Good morning, (replying to a few messages at once) > Linux has no viruses. There are actually *two* reasons for starting this thread. First, to get advice needed to choose the right "anti-virus" for my home workstation. Second, I believe that the article that I referenced wou

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On 11 July 2017 at 21:33, William <mattison.compu...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Good evening, > > A few years ago, I found a web site "https://www.av-test.org; when trying > to find comparisons of windows-7 anti-virus software. I more recently > re-visited that site, and

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 05:28:47PM -0500, Doug wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:09:09PM -0500, Dave Ihnat wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:55:01AM -0400, Frank Pikelner wrote: > > > > It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using > > > > Nmap: > > > That's

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On 07/13/17 08:39, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 07/12/2017 05:28 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 07/13/17 08:23, Samuel Sieb wrote: >>> On 07/12/2017 05:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: And if you're running selinux in enforcing mode you'll need to generate a policy to allow sshd to bind to the

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On 07/12/2017 05:28 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 07/13/17 08:23, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> On 07/12/2017 05:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> And if you're running selinux in enforcing mode you'll need to generate a >>> policy to >>> allow sshd to bind to the chosen port. >> >> You don't have to generate a

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On 07/13/17 08:23, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 07/12/2017 05:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> And if you're running selinux in enforcing mode you'll need to generate a >> policy to >> allow sshd to bind to the chosen port. > > You don't have to generate a policy, it's really easy. Assuming port 222, >

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On 07/12/2017 05:18 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I'm not sure what the original poster was meaning by the last part of that command. You should use either a single host(name) or an IP range, not both. In your case use either "linux1" or "192.168.1.11", but I'm not sure how effective it is to scan

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On 07/12/2017 05:15 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: And if you're running selinux in enforcing mode you'll need to generate a policy to allow sshd to bind to the chosen port. You don't have to generate a policy, it's really easy. Assuming port 222, just do: semanage port -a -t ssh_port_t -p tcp 222

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On 07/12/2017 05:10 PM, Doug wrote: On 07/12/2017 06:42 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 07/12/2017 04:39 PM, Doug wrote: [root@linux1 doug]# nmap -p -sV linux1 1.192.168.1/24 It's the difference between "-p" and "-p-". Still doing something wrong: (this PC is static named 192.168.1.11 and is

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On 07/12/2017 05:10 PM, Doug wrote: > > On 07/12/2017 06:42 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> On 07/12/2017 04:39 PM, Doug wrote: >>> On 07/12/2017 09:55 AM, Frank Pikelner wrote: It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using Nmap: i.e. nmap -p- -sV

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On 07/13/17 06:50, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 07/12/2017 03:39 PM, Dave Ihnat wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 05:28:47PM -0500, Doug wrote: >>> How do you move SSH off port 22? Please supply konsole code. >> Dunno about konsole code; it's a single-line change in >> "/etc/ssh/sshd_config", from >>

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On 07/12/2017 06:42 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 07/12/2017 04:39 PM, Doug wrote: On 07/12/2017 09:55 AM, Frank Pikelner wrote: It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using Nmap: i.e. nmap -p- -sV running PCLOS. Command fails: [doug@linux1 ~]$ su Password:

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On 07/12/2017 04:42 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 07/12/2017 04:39 PM, Doug wrote: >> On 07/12/2017 09:55 AM, Frank Pikelner wrote: >>> It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using >>> Nmap: >>> >>> i.e. nmap -p- -sV >>> >> running PCLOS. Command fails: >> >>

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On 07/12/2017 04:39 PM, Doug wrote: On 07/12/2017 09:55 AM, Frank Pikelner wrote: It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using Nmap: i.e. nmap -p- -sV running PCLOS. Command fails: [doug@linux1 ~]$ su Password: [root@linux1 doug]# nmap -p -sV linux1

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On 07/12/2017 09:55 AM, Frank Pikelner wrote: Fred, It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using Nmap: i.e. nmap -p- -sV running PCLOS. Command fails: [doug@linux1 ~]$ su Password: [root@linux1 doug]# nmap -p -sV linux1 1.192.168.1/24 Starting Nmap 7.40 (

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On 07/12/2017 03:39 PM, Dave Ihnat wrote: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 05:28:47PM -0500, Doug wrote: >> How do you move SSH off port 22? Please supply konsole code. > > Dunno about konsole code; it's a single-line change in > "/etc/ssh/sshd_config", from > > Port 22 > > to some unused port. To

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Doug wrote: > > On 07/12/2017 02:10 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:09:09PM -0500, Dave Ihnat wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:55:01AM -0400, Frank Pikelner wrote: It is not complicated finding

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Doug wrote: > > On 07/12/2017 02:10 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:09:09PM -0500, Dave Ihnat wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:55:01AM -0400, Frank Pikelner wrote: It is not complicated finding

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 05:28:47PM -0500, Doug wrote: > How do you move SSH off port 22? Please supply konsole code. Dunno about konsole code; it's a single-line change in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config", from Port 22 to some unused port. Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat dih...@dminet.com

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On 07/12/2017 02:10 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:09:09PM -0500, Dave Ihnat wrote: On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:55:01AM -0400, Frank Pikelner wrote: It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using Nmap: That's true. It's also true that the vast majority

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: >> > It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using Nmap: >> >> That's true. It's also true that the vast majority of scriptkiddies don't >> do that. Quite seriously, moving SSH off port 22 *will* and

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:09:09PM -0500, Dave Ihnat wrote: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:55:01AM -0400, Frank Pikelner wrote: > > It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using Nmap: > > That's true. It's also true that the vast majority of scriptkiddies don't > do that.

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Dave Ihnat wrote: >> It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using Nmap: > > That's true. It's also true that the vast majority of scriptkiddies don't > do that. Quite seriously, moving SSH off port 22 *will* and *does*

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:55:01AM -0400, Frank Pikelner wrote: > It is not complicated finding SSH running on a different port using Nmap: That's true. It's also true that the vast majority of scriptkiddies don't do that. Quite seriously, moving SSH off port 22 *will* and *does* drop the vast

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com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:19 AM, Sylvia Sánchez <lailah...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Good morning, >> >> Linux has no viruses. Why would anyone want an anti-virus then? It is >> possible to install security tools of course,

Re: Linux anti-virus any good?

On 11 July 2017 at 21:33, William <mattison.compu...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Good evening, > > A few years ago, I found a web site "https://www.av-test.org; when trying > to find comparisons of windows-7 anti-virus software. I more recently > re-visited that site, and

Re: Linux anti-virus any good?

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 08:19:27AM +0200, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: > Linux has no viruses. Why would anyone want an anti-virus then? I would like to point out, in the gentlest of manners, that is absolutely untrue. In fact, one of the earliest known bits of effective malware, the Morris w

Re: Linux anti-virus any good?

On 12/07/17 14:19, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: Good morning, Linux has no viruses. Why would anyone want an anti-virus then? It is possible to install security tools of course, but those come with your distribution, you don't need to look up for external stuff. As stated elsewhere, Linux

Re: Linux anti-virus any good?

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:19 AM, Sylvia Sánchez <lailah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Good morning, > > Linux has no viruses. Why would anyone want an anti-virus then? It is > possible to install security tools of course, but those come with your > distribution, you don't need

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On 07/12/17 14:19, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: > Linux has no viruses. Why would anyone want an anti-virus then? It is > possible to > install security tools of course, but those come with your distribution, you > don't > need to look up for external stuff. > Some people run Window

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Good morning, Linux has no viruses. Why would anyone want an anti-virus then? It is possible to install security tools of course, but those come with your distribution, you don't need to look up for external stuff. Hope this helps, Sylvia On 12 July 2017 at 02:33, William <mattison.co

Linux anti-virus any good?

Good evening, A few years ago, I found a web site "https://www.av-test.org; when trying to find comparisons of windows-7 anti-virus software. I more recently re-visited that site, and found an article on Linux and anti-virus software for Linux. It's here: "https://www.av-test.o

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

On 05/15/2010 05:11 AM, Tim wrote: On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 17:50 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: Also try ClamAV is the best open source anti-virus which is packaged in Fedora and RHEL through EPEL, I use it in my Laptop/Desktop and company Servers / Mail Gateway etc. And the million dollar

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I have many programs which g++ has produced and I own. These could be the target of a virus. It would be easy for me to wipe all of my executables and re-make them but I just realized that unlike many LINUX folk, I am somewhat virus vulnerable ... maybe with quotes around the word. Worms,

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. The trouble is that many people view anti-virus as some sort of comfy security blanket, when the reality is that the blanket is full of holes and highly flammable. There's really only one thing that keeps a computer safe, and that's using it sensibly. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25

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On Saturday 15 May 2010, Tim wrote: On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 17:50 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: Also try ClamAV is the best open source anti-virus which is packaged in Fedora and RHEL through EPEL, I use it in my Laptop/Desktop and company Servers / Mail Gateway etc. And the million dollar

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On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 07:12:49 -0400, Wm_Frank Pont jr fp...@ureach.com wrote: I have many programs which g++ has produced and I own. These could be the target of a virus. It would be easy for me to wipe all of my executables and re-make them but I just realized that unlike many LINUX

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On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 07:12 -0400, Wm_Frank Pont jr wrote: I have many programs which g++ has produced and I own. These could be the target of a virus. What do you mean exactly? It would be easy for me to wipe all of my executables and re-make them but I just realized that unlike many

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

On 05/15/2010 11:27 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 07:12 -0400, Wm_Frank Pont jr wrote: I have many programs which g++ has produced and I own. These could be the target of a virus. What do you mean exactly? It would be easy for me to wipe all of my executables

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From: Bruno Wolff III br...@wolff.to Sent: Saturday, 2010/May/15 07:56 On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 07:12:49 -0400, Wm_Frank Pont jr fp...@ureach.com wrote: I have many programs which g++ has produced and I own. These could be the target of a virus. It would be easy for me to wipe all of my

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au writes: And the million dollar question for all these people running anti-virus software on their Linux box is: Have any of you ever had it catch a Linux virus? From reading the Sophos propaganda it sounds like it also helps discover intrusions, which might

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etc. And you know what the biggest bit of irony is in this anti-virus thread? The AV vendors want you to run a blackbox mystery binary in order to protect your system. Um, yea. That gives me a warm secure feeling. -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang

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jdow said I rather like to trade the flip-flops for the holey socks and worn out boots for that little bit extra warmth if I'm going to hike a mile or two. The analogy kind of breaks down since I would prefer a pair of worn out boots to even a brand new one for a long hike. I'm sitting at

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From: Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wolfgang.ruppre...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, 2010/May/15 12:19 Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au writes: And the million dollar question for all these people running anti-virus software on their Linux box is: Have any of you ever had it catch a Linux virus

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forth. It's your prerogative. What do you mean by anti-malware. If you mean the same as anti-virus, than no I don't want it. Anti-virus software has significant performance costs, risks of being an entry point for attack by malware itself and may cause problems when there are false positives

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account control, proper firewall configuration, proper scepticism about random binary downloads etc. And you know what the biggest bit of irony is in this anti-virus thread? The AV vendors want you to run a blackbox mystery binary in order to protect your system. Um, yea. That gives me a warm

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--- On Sat, 5/15/10, jdow j...@earthlink.net wrote: From: jdow j...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Re: Sophos Anti Virus To: Community support for Fedora users users@lists.fedoraproject.org Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 11:45 AM From: Bruno Wolff III br...@wolff.to Sent: Saturday, 2010/May/15

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, considering the HUGE number of exploits (how many thousands of viruses by now?). If it were compromiseable last year, it still is now. And I've seen that sort of thing with other people's Windows boxes which get stung by old viruses (even while running anti-virus software!). They won't change things

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

Am Freitag, den 14.05.2010, 15:04 +1000 schrieb Nermin Celik: I'm requesting ideas/strong arguments so that I don't change from fedora. Already understood. Please be more specific to get a specific argument, sophos SHOULD RUN on Fedora, as I said, but you repeat what your techs repeated, the

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Nermin Celik n.celi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, At work the IT technicians are insisting on transfering me to Red Hat from FC12 due to Anti Virus system. Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora. What does this mean? I'm new to Unix environment

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Hi, On 05/14/2010 10:28 AM, Nermin Celik wrote: [...snip...] Technical argument(s): Technicans say: Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora Me: confused. Not whole heartedly convinced, hence have posted a message here. Since fedora and redhat are almost the same shouldn't

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Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora Me: confused. Not whole heartedly convinced, hence have posted a message here. Since fedora and redhat are almost the same shouldn't Sophos Anti Virus be also supported by Fedora? 'Supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux' is just a different way

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 14:58 +1000, Nermin Celik wrote: Technical argument(s): Technicans say: Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora Me: confused. Not whole heartedly convinced, hence have posted a message here. Since fedora and redhat are almost the same shouldn't Sophos

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 13:44:22 +1000, Nermin Celik n.celi...@gmail.com wrote: At work the IT technicians are insisting on transfering me to Red Hat from FC12 due to Anti Virus system. Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora. What does this mean? I'm new to Unix environment

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I would go with the flow. Redhat 6 is out in beta. You might have to go with 5.x and upgrade. IT likes having support for any problems. We use Redhat our servers and Fedora for our work stations. Good Luck Frank Pont -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

On 05/14/2010 04:44 AM, Nermin Celik wrote: Hi, At work the IT technicians are insisting on transfering me to Red Hat from FC12 due to Anti Virus system. Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora. What does this mean? I'm new to Unix environment, and this is too technicial

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 17:50 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: Also try ClamAV is the best open source anti-virus which is packaged in Fedora and RHEL through EPEL, I use it in my Laptop/Desktop and company Servers / Mail Gateway etc. And the million dollar question for all these people running

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

On 05/15/2010 12:11 PM, Tim wrote: On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 17:50 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: Also try ClamAV is the best open source anti-virus which is packaged in Fedora and RHEL through EPEL, I use it in my Laptop/Desktop and company Servers / Mail Gateway etc. And the million

Sophos Anti Virus

Hi, At work the IT technicians are insisting on transfering me to Red Hat from FC12 due to Anti Virus system. Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora. What does this mean? I'm new to Unix environment, and this is too technicial. Regards, N -- users mailing list users

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On 05/13/2010 11:44 PM, Nermin Celik wrote: Hi, At work the IT technicians are insisting on transfering me to Red Hat from FC12 due to Anti Virus system. Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora. What does this mean? I'm new to Unix environment, and this is too technicial

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

Am Freitag, den 14.05.2010, 13:44 +1000 schrieb Nermin Celik: At work the IT technicians are insisting on transfering me to Red Hat from FC12 due to Anti Virus system. Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora. What does this mean? I'm new to Unix environment, and this is too

Re: Sophos Anti Virus

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo nosp...@gmail.com wrote: Am Freitag, den 14.05.2010, 13:44 +1000 schrieb Nermin Celik: At work the IT technicians are insisting on transfering me to Red Hat from FC12 due to Anti Virus system. Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red

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from FC12 due to Anti Virus system. Sophos Anti Virus only supports Red Hat not Fedora. What does this mean? I'm new to Unix environment, and this is too technicial. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_%28operating_system%29 Your technicians message means you should buy the commercial

Anti Virus

Running f12 on hp laptop no windows. Do I need to install an antivirus program or is it not necessary. I used web based gmail for email and thunderbird -- Henry E. Wyatt, Jr. 135 Main St. Apt. 604 Adm. Halsey Senior Village Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601-6703 (845)337-3421 -- users mailing list