Yesterday I read another article bemoaning the large number of Window$ machines which have been commandeered remotely and turned into spam-spewing zombies.
If I understand the matter correctly, a firewall can protect only against incoming messages, and is useless against spyware which "phones home" or zombie-ware which spews email spam. So, before I preach about the dangers of spyware and zombies to my buddies using Window$, how can I be certain that my own Debian machine has not been compromised and has not become a zombie? Is there a simple test which I can run on a weekly basis? My LAN is protected by a machine running SmoothWall Express 2.0, acting as a firewall and router. Would an internal firewall package be useful in this environment? RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
