Am Mi, den 29.06.2005 schrieb Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina um 20:23: > "Yong Chu Eu ()" <ceyong@xxxxxxxxx> : > > > Firewall > > within fedora is enought to secure my fedora box? > > No. > > You also need to secure your scripts, your filesystem permissions, your > server configuration, and so on... Security is not only about firewalling. And not to forget the human factor. The OP writes he wants to do online banking. It is then very important to have an open eye. Actually there are many attempts to do social reverse-engineering, called phishing. So never ever enter your banking data into a web form just because you got a mail to do so! Your bank wouldn't call you to do so. And do not follow links in mails which seem to direct to your bank's page. The target is a faked page to claim your personal data when a phisher did send you the mail. Some "bad boys" work with framing techniques to let you think you visit your bank's page while you do not. This all are examples for something a firewall can not protect you against. An email scanner for virus like ClamAV (in Fedora Extras) can protect you against phishing mails. Nonetheless, rise up your firewall as best as you can. It will help you to be a harder target for attackers. Use SELinux too. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC2smp Serendipity 20:32:46 up 4 days, 3:24, load average: 0.17, 0.24, 0.19
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