Re: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers

2005-12-11 Thread Jerry Turba
Richard Fish wrote: On 12/9/05, Jerry Turba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should I be safe if I keep up on updates and the glsa? As long as your X configuration is reasonably secure, yes. But if you do something silly like run xhost +, then any remote user can connect to your X server

Re: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers

2005-12-10 Thread Dale
Jerry Turba wrote: I've heard a lot lately about software keyloggers that can be installed on a computer while surfing the net, and how big a security problem they have become. What is the Linux/Gentoo approach to block keyloggers? I do not run any antivirus or anti spyware programs (I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers

2005-12-10 Thread Jerry Turba
Dale wrote: Jerry Turba wrote: I've heard a lot lately about software keyloggers that can be installed on a computer while surfing the net, and how big a security problem they have become. What is the Linux/Gentoo approach to block keyloggers? I do not run any antivirus or anti spyware

Re: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers

2005-12-10 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/9/05, Jerry Turba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should I be safe if I keep up on updates and the glsa? As long as your X configuration is reasonably secure, yes. But if you do something silly like run xhost +, then any remote user can connect to your X server with xev and log keystrokes.

[gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers

2005-12-09 Thread Jerry Turba
I've heard a lot lately about software keyloggers that can be installed on a computer while surfing the net, and how big a security problem they have become. What is the Linux/Gentoo approach to block keyloggers? I do not run any antivirus or anti spyware programs (I don't even network with