Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3100 mails)

[Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday 13 March 2006 9:09 am, Andre Truter wrote:
>  tend to disagree.  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.
>
> 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.
I don't really disagree with you. One security guy I know uses the slogan 
"Iron doors and paper windows". However, we also want him to be able to 
transition comfortably. 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
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