Yes, I am sure that's possible (to make Linux insecure if you really want to), but I think the important thing is how it works if you don't do anything with it, "right out of the box", kind of. Many people using computers are novices and beginners. They shouldn't have to bother about much of these things, such as virus and attacks.
By the way, when I talked about number of attacks being 0, the word "attack" were maybe not the right word. "Events" would maybe be more correct. However, I am sure that an attack IS an event, so even if it didn't show 0, the number of attacks could still be 0. There are two columns: "Totalt" and "Allvarliga" (Swedish). "Totalt" = "Total", "Allvarlig" (sing.) or "Allvarliga" (plur.) = somewhere between "serious" and "dangerous", kind of... However both of these are 0. There are two rows: Incomming and outgoing, so there are 0 at all the four places in that table. J.R. 2007/8/12, Howard Coles Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Saturday 11 August 2007 09:04:14 pm Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > I just checked my firewall (I don't really remember when I restarted my > > laptop last time, but it was certainly not today) and it still shows a > > total of attacks = 0. In fact I have never seen it show anything else > than > > 0. I haven't touched anything of the firewall, no settings done, > everything > > is let through, as I understand it. The OS/dist is Linux/Ubuntu 7.04. > > > > When I had Windows (98, 2000 and XP), there were attacks several times > each > > minute. Can the difference really be that big if the only thing that > > matters is how popular an operating system is? Than I can see two > > explanations: 1. I am the only one in the world using Linux > > 2. My Firewall lies to me. > > 3. Ok, I said two explanations, so I won't bother you with a third one. > > Yes the difference is that big. According to Wikipedia (the last time I > checked) Linux only had about 14 - 20 known virus, however, (again, last > time > I heard) Windows has about 60K or more. > > They don't have to attack you, there are a few sites on the net that will > do > it for you. I can't remember any off the top of my head, but search for > security testing, or firewall security test, and you should come up with a > few. > > One of the reasons your Windows side gets attacked so much is that it > advertises so many open ports, and broadcasts so many things that a Linux > box > doesn't. Now, you *can* add enough services to a Linux box to make it so, > but I wouldn't if I could keep from it. Linux can be made just as > insecure > as Windows in the hands of the right (ab)user. :-D > > -- > See Ya' > Howard Coles Jr. > John 3:16! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
