Brett, To the best of my knowledge, no linux distribution is vulnerable to the Nimba virus. It tries to infect you via 4 different methods: 1. E-mail - since you can't run .exe / .com / .pif files under linux (except under wine) you are not susceptible to them. If you have users connecting from windows PCs however, they may be depending on what their level of antivirus protection is. You should filter all incoming e-mail through an antivirus program before allowing it to be sent to the user in question. 2. Web - via several known vulnerabilities in IIS, none of which will affect a linux system (other than filling up your log files and consuming your bandwidth). 3. Open Shares - it'll try to infect you via open samba shares. By default, smb shares require a valid user on the linux box before you are allowed to connect. This will also not affect a linux system, other than using disk space. 4. Locally - via opening an e-mail in Outlook or Outlook Express or via opening an infected website. None of this will affect a linux system, since .exe / .com / .pif files cannot run under linux (unless they are run from within a wine or vmware session). Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 11:42 AM 09/20/2001 +1000, you wrote: >I've read some posts from other lists that from dists of Linux can be >vulnerable to this new "nimda" virus. > >Should I have any concern? > >I'm running 7.2 and 8.0 > > >Regards, >Brett > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 3:51 AM >Subject: RE: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1 > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alexander Skwar >> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:50 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1 >> >> >> So sprach �Tom Badran� am 2001-09-19 um 16:40:27 +0100 : >> > RC1 contains 2.2.1???? >> >> No, it does not. >> >> [root@teich ALT]# find /mnt -name "kdebase*rpm" >> /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/RPMS/kdebase-devel-2.2-64mdk.i586.rpm >> /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/RPMS/kdebase-nsplugins-2.2-64mdk.i586.rpm >> /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/RPMS/kdebase-2.2-64mdk.i586.rpm >> >> /mnt/loop1 is the first CD of RC1. >> >> Alexander Skwar >> -- > >Actually you are both correct. > >The initially uploaded ISOs for RC1 did include kde-2.2-64 >but the ISOs which where done to fix the installer and Aurora >problem contain kde-2.2-1. > >Since the 'New' RC1 was uploaded there are now go later RPMs >available from Cooker. >So unless there are bug fixes, what you get in the RC will be >8.1. > > Charles (-: > >Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. >And for too many there are now no tomorrows. > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > > >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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