-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 19 November 2002 5:50 am, m.w.chang wrote: > again, not when I am new to linux. do you know how intimidating for a > newbie when they see doors and doors of obstacles to setup a simple > home server behind a hardware firewall+router? Most newbies are not > ready for the hussles at the *Very* beginning. > > > More research into viruses, trojans and worms might convince you > > otherwise.
Here's the problem I ran into. When I first installed linux, I ran as root for a long time (no security issues). Some cracker screwed my system to the wall, so I had to reinstall it. I then learned to run as a user. My users files got messed up by some cracker. I even set up a separate "fake" user for internet access. Some overflow problem messed up the root system. Now I run behind a firewall (not hardware and according to tests, I am invisible to outside hackers) and I've not had problems since. I discovered that most systems will be at least looked at by hackers within 15 minutes of getting online and often faster than that. Many times on Windows, the reason a reinstall is necessary every few months (esp for 9X systems) is that crackers mess things up sometimes even when they don't intend to. - -- Robert Black Eagle Linux for stability; GPG for security -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE92mG9tjSYKkYJrmcRAoXnAJ4lqJbF/U+mHuWgG7Gj+zSgxh6OJgCdFVUG AqTAiydY3+Uv3VIFc31ksq4= =NRLP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
