I agree, I have been hacked into before, but I was NOT behind even a minimal router/firewall, and the system was not locked down. I figure I got what I deserved because I knew better and was just lazy.
As far as virus, worm or the like that I am always finding on M$ machines, no, nothing of the like on Linux of any distribution I have used since I started with Linux with the 0.98 kernel. Improper security configuration or lack of proper patching of apps like Apache or mail servers are the largest targets on most systems. Most of the anti-virus that folks sell for Linux or UNIX based systems seems to be more interested in watching for email issues and scanning for windows stuff real time to keep desktop clients from being further infected. All this is not to say that Linux/UNIX systems are immune to hackers, but a virus is not the norm and a bit harder to hack due to the software and system architectures that are built in. I went to a local Linux users group where the sysadmins from a local college presented on their 'super firewall' they have done mainly from open source. It uses VMWare ESX various virtual Linux and BSD boxen to implement. But they have 2 T1, 1 DSL, and 2 cable connections for their entire campus. They provide administration, faculty, and students, including dorms, internet using them, and have various routing rules. They are a small college, but still have 'interesting admin issues' and significant cost issues that dictated their need of a opensource custom solution. Still it was a good presentation. ... Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
