Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3100 mails)

[scsijon <scsijon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:09 AM 14/03/2006, Andre Truter wrote:
> On 3/13/06, Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Monday 13 March 2006 7:03 am, Andre Truter wrote:

cut

  I can write the OP a nice little tool that will
> do what ZoneAlarm does, monitor outgoing traffic and ask the user when
> an app wants to connect the outside, but that will only give him a
> false sense of security, because he is applying Windows tactics to
> Linux, so he is looking for the problems in the wrong place.

Ok,
this is the type of tool that IS needed to enable those from the 
"windows world"
to keep a satisfactory level of confidence.
Go to it and add it into freshmeat as a project.

> This is my whole point with my rant.  Windows teach us to look out for
> spyware and viruses, so we apply that to Linux also.  We look for the
> same type of vulnerabilities, while the system is designed different
> and has different vulnerabilities.
>
> It is like guarding the door to the stable, while the castle's main
> gates are wide open.
>
> I think it is better for the OP to rather try and understand what the
> vulnerabilities in Linux is and to use the appropriate tools for
> Linux.

yes, BUT the OP also needs to keep their confidence level, relative to what
they know NOW (even if it's the way windows does things) if we wish them
to move over with relative confidence.

regards
scsijon