Re: Virus.

[Albert DE WINT <adwint pandora be>]

Op wo 11-06-2003, om 16:43 schreef Bob McClure Jr:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 08:52:09AM -0500, Francisco Ruiz wrote:
> > What is our there to protect my notebook running RH7.3 os.?
> > -- 
> > Francisco Ruiz <fruiz tsitrucks com>
> > TSI
> 
> I've heard of only one virus targeting Linux.  

I read about the existence of about a dozen Linux viruses, all
relatively harmless, thanks to Linux' typical rwx permissions.

> What you need to worry
> about is crackers (the media calls them hackers), and you have
> iptables and a firewall config tool to protect you from that.

> Cheers,