AntiVirus

Am 26. Aug, 2003 schw=E4tzte Craig Brooksby so:

> You are now re-entering the newbie zone:
>
> I jumped off XP and onto Linux just as the latest worms hit Win32
> systems. As a newbie, I'm thinking "viruses don't affect Linux
> systems." Right? :-) But then I see lots of people willing to take my
> money for Linux versions of their AV software.

As others said, it's for mail servers that run on GNU/Linux. They're still
for protecting m$ boxen.

I consider viruses and worms two different things. Viruses are things that
come in via mail and web clients. They are non-existent for GNU/Linux. That
could change, but you'll hear about any clients that are that stupid on thi=
s
list and know to avoid them :).

Worms take advantage of an exploit in a service and are self-replicating.
The worms isn't the problem, it's only a symptom. The problem is the
security hole.

Get security updates on a regular basis.

We should add 'securing your dist' sections to the web site. Anyone wanna
volunteer for RH, SuSE, Mandrake, etc? I'll write up something for debian i=
n
the next couple of weeks ( feel free to beat me to it ).

To find out which services you have running try the following command:

netstat -an | grep LISTEN | less

You probably don't need anything other than your web server running.

ciao,

der.hans

> I know that the subject of computer security spawns careers and books
> and research -- if the only advice is something hardcore like "hire a
> security expert to monitor your system 24/7 and do periodic audits" then
> it's not going to happen. I'm just looking for practical advice as to
> what a single Linux workstation hooked to the internet (via cox) ought
> to do. (Yes I do have Apache running on 8080) (please don't hack me! --
> that's not a very effective defense)
>
> Recommendations as to antivirus software for my Linux box? Remember
> keyword "newbie." FYI on my XP box I subscribed to NOD32 antivirus by
> Eset Systems, Ltd (Australian, I think) and it was outstanding. Highly
> recommend it!
>
> Thanks, and now returning you to your regularly scheduled program.
>
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