On Monday 04 April 2016 10:43:10 Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > A backup of important files stored at other location or other place > not likely to be affected by the same misshap is always good. > > I'll second that. amanda grabs the lcnc related stuff from all of my machines, and all of this machine, nightly. Peace of mind you can't get out of a pill bottle.
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 07:33:21 -0700 > > Jerry Scharf <jsch...@finsix.com> wrote: > > Rick, > > > > The family of software you mentioned are there to try to protect you > > when you bring new things onto the machine. > > > > Anti-virus is for finding bad programs that have been added to the > > machine. If you stick to only installing things that are downloaded > > from the debian distro and things you can vouch for yourself, then > > this becomes a non-issue. If you are loading up many random tools on > > the machine, then it may become an issue. > > > > Now comes the bad news about anti-virus. They offer marginal > > protection at best. It's not that they don't work, it's that its a > > complex target and there is only so much that can be found in file > > signatures. > > > > The best safety comes from caution. Don't load anything on the > > linux-cnc machine that doesn't need to be there. Don't have a > > browser on that machine. Do minimal development on the machine and > > only with well trusted tools. Vet everything extra you load onto the > > machines and keep up with the disrto security patches. Don't stick a > > thumb drive into the machine unless you personally formatted it on a > > clean machine. > > > > FWIW, I don't run ant-virus on my machines. > > > > jerry > > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 6:55 AM, Rick Lair <r...@superiorroll.com> wrote: > > > Hello Guys, > > > > > > Is there any need for any anti-virus/malware/spyware software on > > > my linux machines, I have never thought about, but last week I > > > switched my desktop over to Mint from XP, and wasn't sure what > > > security measures are needed, I wasn't ever really concerned about > > > the CNC's, but now with my desktop, it got me wondering. > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >------------ _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > -- > > Jerry Scharf > > FINsix IT > > 650.285.6361 w > > 650.279.7017 m > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------- _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
