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. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9