Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[John Andersen <jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 15 November 2005 09:29 pm, Tasana Computers wrote:
> This is my first time going all out with any Linux distro.

And the first time posting here I can tell.  Otherwise you would not have
hijacked a thread...  That's a no no around here.

> 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 don't need to protect suse much.   Spyware is pretty much
un heard of in the Linux world.  There are only one or two known
worms that can infect Linux, and they need your help to do so.

SuSE, unlike some other distros installs quite securely.  It has
 almost everything turned off by default.  So Don't turn anything
you don't need on, such as Imapd or ftpd or any other services
you don't want.

Choose good passwords, because there are a few people
trying dictionary attacks against ssh servers. 

General advice:
If you have a firewall device, use it.  If not, use SuSE's.


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John Andersen