On 12/11/2004 09:45:50 PM, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
Hello Terry,
You shouldn't be worried really. So far...
Just make sure you use your Linux system as a regular user (not as "root" which is the power user) and that you don't have any open network-ports on your system. You can perform a search on google on how to secure your linux machine (stopping all unnecessary services and use a firewall).
A good firewall that is easy to configure is called firestarter. Google for firestarter linux and you should find their website.
Well, firestarter itself actually isn't a firewall, but it configures the firewall that is part of the Linux kernel.
On Linux, spyware and viruses are not as much of an issue as worms, and a firewall will go a long way to stop your machine from being infected by worms.
You also should keep your system up2date using either the up2date gui or yum.
