Re: security: wted?

2025-02-14 Thread home user via users
On 2/13/25 11:15 PM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: On 13 Feb 2025 at 20:39, home user via users wrote: [snip] So looks like 0.58 has some added things. rkhunter seems to have the same version as sourceforge site. Thank-you Michael. My information came from "dnf history" and the tools' website

Re: security: wted?

2025-02-14 Thread Tim via users
Tim: > > Is there a reason you feel the need to check for rootkits? > > > > I'm under the impression that if you don't install things from outside > > of the repos, and keep SELinux running, there's a so-close-to-zero > > chance of you having a problem that it's not worth worrying about. hom

Re: security: wted?

2025-02-14 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2025-02-14 at 14:51 -0700, home user via users wrote: > On 2/14/25 3:49 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2025-02-13 at 23:32 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > Those tools are not going to provide any useful help. > > > > I tend to agree. I've never used either of them and have had

Re: security: wted?

2025-02-14 Thread home user via users
On 2/14/25 8:49 AM, Tim wrote: Tim: Is there a reason you feel the need to check for rootkits? I'm under the impression that if you don't install things from outside of the repos, and keep SELinux running, there's a so-close-to-zero chance of you having a problem that it's not worth worrying ab

Re: security: wted?

2025-02-14 Thread home user via users
On 2/14/25 9:59 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sat, 2025-02-15 at 02:19 +1030, Tim via users wrote: Having said all that, most people don't serve websites from their own PC any more, few ISPs allow it. I do run a small family webserver on my desktop, but I also have Fail2Ban installed. It r

Re: security: wted?

2025-02-14 Thread home user via users
On 2/14/25 3:49 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Thu, 2025-02-13 at 23:32 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: Those tools are not going to provide any useful help. I tend to agree. I've never used either of them and have had no consequences as a result. Linux can have security issues of course, but my

Re: security: wted?

2025-02-14 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2025-02-13 at 23:32 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > Those tools are not going to provide any useful help. I tend to agree. I've never used either of them and have had no consequences as a result. Linux can have security issues of course, but my feeling is that they are much more likely to come

Re: security: wted?

2025-02-14 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2025-02-15 at 02:19 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > Having said all that, most people don't serve websites from their own > PC any more, few ISPs allow it.  I do run a small family webserver on my desktop, but I also have Fail2Ban installed. It registers multiple failed connection attempts

Re: security: wted?

2025-02-14 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM Tim via users wrote: > > > Most of the time anti-malware running on Linux was to protect Windows > machines on the same network. Such as scanning incoming mail before > the Windows machines got it. > Decades ago at work many of us had email on IRIX64 or NextStep a