Re: [OS:N:] Virus Protection?

[Chris Spencer <chris forevergalleries com>]

I've been offline for a bit and just noticed your message.

Linux users have no use for virus protection other than where it is
serving the Windows world.

When there is a bug someone with a vested interest fixes it.

Now that doesn't mean that we aren't vulnerable to attacks.  Certainly
if you are running a system on the net without a firewall their are
avenues of attack and likely something exists that would be exploitable
(known, maybe not - unknown, almost certainly).

Good common sense will tell you to run a firewall that blocks everything
and explicitly allows only those things you are sharing out.  Even then
it's a good idea, when possible, to use tcp wrappers and/or firewall
rules to limit the locations from which the system may be accessed.

Also make sure you get the security updates regularly.  IMHO if you want
to be lazy about updates then automate them so they happen everyday
without your interaction and take the risk that it might break
something.  That's lazy of course, not the best way to do it.  Still the
vast majority of the time you will be better off for doing it that way
than missing the updates.

Thanks,
-Chris


On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 07:37 +0000, Vicki Morgan wrote:
> Coming from a Windows world, you would think the need for virus protection 
> would have occurred to me earlier. FC4 on Server and Workstations; no mail 
> or web server. Do we need protection? If yes, what?
> Thanks,
> Vicki Morgan
> 
> 
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