vulnerability of Linux

jdow jdow at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 25 21:29:53 UTC 2005


SpamAssassin is not a tool to handle vulnerabilities. It is not even
a spam elimination tool when used standalone. What it does, well, is
analyze and score messages on an open ended scale from ham to spam.
Other tools take that score and deal with the spam score when the email
is delivered to the user.

I am also not sure whether ClamAV scans for Linux malware as well as
the windows malware it nails. I suggest you have some reading to do
from the documentation for some of the tools that are available for
scanning mail and dispatching it.

{^_^}
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joao Paulo Pires" <198mdk at oninet.pt>

"Linux may not be as vulnerable as Windows, but if you think Linux viruses don't exist, 
you'd better think again. Virus writers have any number of possibilities"




I have just read this sentence and I'm concerned because I have only firewall(from router 
a from FC4) working on FC4. Could you explain to me wich actions I should take? Note: I 
have Toshiba laptop, FC4, Gnome and Thunderbird. The only programs I know are Clamav and 
Spamassassin. Is it enough? Although I know FC4 has SELinux. Best regards, Joao. 





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