On 03/03/07, London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Phil, I have recently switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu on my
desktop- I am using an Alcatel Speed Touch Pro router.(with one port)
I have just bought a secondhand laptop which also has Ubuntu- and I
was interested in the
I know that Linux is supposed to be much more secure than Windows. But
I still feel it would be best to have Antivirus and Firewall.
My quiestion is, do either of these come with Ubuntu by default, and
if not, what free software should I use.
Thanks,
Ben Webb
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ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
On 04/03/07, Roberto Sarrionandia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone who told you not to have a firewall is pretty foolish,
Anti-virus is only needed if you can't configure applications properly.
Why have the firewall drop inbound traffic? The traffic will only
really do damage if a program is
Benjamin Webb wrote:
No ones told me I didn't need I firewall, but I wasn't sure whether I
needed one. I'll use firestarter as you suggested just to make my PC
slightly more dummy proof. I'd also feel more comfortable with an
anitvirus so I'll try Clam.
All ClamAV will do is scan files
Caroline Ford wrote:
alan c wrote:
Think of scattering seeds of weeds on a concrete driveway. The seeds
will not flourish. Just like computer viruses and linux.
Just an experiment to verify this - download a windows .exe file, and
in ubuntu, try to run it - click, double click, whatever.
alan c wrote:
Caroline Ford wrote:
alan c wrote:
Think of scattering seeds of weeds on a concrete driveway. The seeds
will not flourish. Just like computer viruses and linux.
Just an experiment to verify this - download a windows .exe file, and
in ubuntu, try to run it - click,
On 04/03/07, Tony Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello, Ben.
I would recommend using rkhunter, which is in the Ubuntu repositories.
This is a Unix/Linux root 'kit' hunter like the older chkrootkit. They
both check for malicious software installed on Unix/Linux. Those of you
who think that
Adam McMaster wrote:
[...]
Installing a rootkit would require the attacker to already have
access, or to have some way of running arbitrary code. No-one's saying
this is impossible under Linux, but rootkits aren't anything special
and their existence doesn't make Linux as vulnerable as
So, I've got a hardware firewall in my router, so I shouldn't need a
software one.
What about anti-virus software though? Is there any software that
scans for Linux viruses, or do they all just check for windows ones?
I'll make sure I use a different password for my Ubuntu install (I'm
terrible
On Sunday 04 March 2007 21:53:17 Benjamin Webb wrote:
So, I've got a hardware firewall in my router, so I shouldn't need a
software one.
What about anti-virus software though? Is there any software that
scans for Linux viruses, or do they all just check for windows ones?
I'll make sure I
On 04/03/07, Benjamin Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, I've got a hardware firewall in my router, so I shouldn't need a
software one.
What about anti-virus software though? Is there any software that
scans for Linux viruses, or do they all just check for windows ones?
I'll make sure I use
On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 15:25 +, Robin Menneer wrote:
[snip]
Postscript. Found (eventually) at www.xru.org.index.asp a program
which I used on line (on a mac), is very simple, and apart from not
drawing the graph, did all I wanted, including giving me the points
for me to draw. It should
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