I suppose if a cracker got into your Windows system, they could read ext2
(linux) files if they used one of those ext2 file viewer programs. Linux
being on a second hard drive wouldn't matter in that condition, since it'd
still be part of the system. However since your Linux partitions wouldn't
show up in Windows, odds are that the person who might break into your
Windows system might not even know Linux is installed on it. I guess if you
wanted to be paranoid about it, using two systems would be the best idea. But
I don't think you need to go to such great lenghts, and I wouldn't worry
about it. Just keep using Zonealarm and you should be fine.
> > I am still currently in the stage of building my server and was wondering
> if there are any security disadvantages to having a dual boot system. IE
> When i'm out messing around in Win98 are my linux files in danger? I have a
> simple firewall for windows and its called zonealarm. Bah. Maybe I shold
> build a system for both? Would two hard drives be more secure? one with
> linux on it and one with win98 on it?
>
> any help would be appreciated
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Anthony
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