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Re: [SLE] Protection Needed
- From: Mike McMullin <mwmcmlln@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:37:52 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <1132205577.16411.14.camel@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 00:29 -0600, Tasana Computers wrote:
> This is my first time going all out with any Linux distro. I ran what was
> Mandrake about a year ago and never used it much, but I like SUSE much
> better. Do I need to run an AV program and spyware protection? These may
> sound like dumb questions, but I have no idea how well protected SUSE is on
> the Net. Thanks
You'll need AV if you are running a mail server that forwards mail
from Windows systems. You won't need spy-ware, or ad-ware software for
Linux, and if IIRC there isn't any.
> This is my first time going all out with any Linux distro. I ran what was
> Mandrake about a year ago and never used it much, but I like SUSE much
> better. Do I need to run an AV program and spyware protection? These may
> sound like dumb questions, but I have no idea how well protected SUSE is on
> the Net. Thanks
You'll need AV if you are running a mail server that forwards mail
from Windows systems. You won't need spy-ware, or ad-ware software for
Linux, and if IIRC there isn't any.
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