[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The box isn't really more secure than Linux, its just that there's > > fewer things to go wrong - and if someone does have an exploit > > for a firmware bug, its usually fixed with the next powercycle. > > It would be an equivalent to running something like the Linux Router > > Project (which is a bootable floppy with a dedicated firewall). > > > That sounds like a great meeting. > Let the new users know what a firewall is, what it can, > & can't do, & a brief how-to set up a Linux firewall. > This would include examples using the 2.4 kernel, which > everyone will soon be using, theoretically, I think. > Does the Linux Router Project use 2.4 yet? > Since Bruce did the Feb. meeting, I won't put him on the spot. > > Who wants to step up to the plate? > > Bob Sparks > Never attribute to malice, that which can be explained by stupidity. > Never attribute to stupidity, that which can be explained by lack of > information. > [... snip ...] This is an excellent idea!!! I wish I were qualified to do the presentation, but sadly I'm still not quite there yet... I could probably use some more education on the topic though! <soapbox> If we keep telling people about the virtues of Linux (all these same people who run Windows-9x and have had no security problems other than the usual mail viruses etc.), we also need to inform them of the importance of, and how to harden their systems. If we get a person to actually go thru the install/setup process, and then they are up for only a few hours before being being compromised WE HAVE FAILED THEM. It's like me handing my 12-year old the keys to my motorcycle and telling him it is better than his 10-speed and then blaming him for smacking the tree at the end of my street. I gave him the keys without giving him the knowledge of how to use the bike properly. We are doing the same thing with our install fests and Linux hype - and yes, I have to admit, I'm guilty of this as well. :\ </soapbox> Just my $.02 worth... I'm now running for the fallout shelter in expectation of all the hate mail this will probably stir up... D. Roberts -- "The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -- As seen on the 'net
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