> -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph (Ragweed) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 08:22 > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] Re: how to Send FAX > > > So I'm curious... I've been considering Ubuntu... Is are there > Internet > Security programs for it? (just in case)
Assuming you don't mean "Internet Security" programs that protect your child from seeing nekkid chicks in the Web browser... There are two reasons to have anti-virus or anti-spyware applications on a Linux box: 1) You are gullible and think that because there are seething masses of viruses and other nasties for Windows, then there must also be the same for Linux (there are not)... or 2) You are operating mail servers or are processing a lot of mail that COMES from Windows people and GOES to Windows people, and as a _courtesy_ you want to catch and kill the nasties that they would otherwise be sending to each other through you. That's about it. As a Linux _user_ you don't have to worry about any of that crap. You DO need to take elementary precautions like not running your Linux box as the user called "root", but most installs force you to create normal, limited-permission users as part of the install/configuration process, or (like Ubuntu) they don't even give you access to a "root" account. Instead, you have to explicitly "su" or "sudo" to run individual applications that temporarily need root/administrative access (permissions). In other words, to make yourself vulnerable, you almost have to be aggressively stooopid and deliberately defeat the default protections of Linux. If you buy a 50-dollar home router, configure its firewall (the modern ones tend to have safe settings by default anyway) and have all your Linux boxes behind it (_don't_ forget to change the router's default admin password before you connect it to the internet), you are pretty much safe from all that the world will throw at you. Windows boxes on that same home network are safer than they would be if connected directly to the internet, but still need all the anti-virus/anti-spyware stuff. Didn't we get to this from talking about OpenOffice on Linux and was there a fax module? Kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
