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 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.

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

2005-12-10 Thread Dale
Jerry Turba wrote: > My system is very similar to yours; no windows, no emulators, etc. I > wasn't sure what kind of program the keyloggers were; virus or > rootkit. Of course I would not intentionally install a keylogger or > rootkit. I wanted to know what other thought about keyloggers since I >

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 prog

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 > d

[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 Win