[CS-FSLUG] Five Linux Security Myths You Can Live Without

[Christopher Rose]

I am still running that win98 machine that I had set up for school (suffice to say that I quit because the school tried to overcharge on my tuition). I have found that Red Hat 9 is more secure than win98 when both are freshly installed. I also learned that I have to add a considerable amount of extra software to the win98 machine to get it to recognize a DSL internet connection. This is not to say that I haven't added some extra software to my linux machine (including nessus), but I have to say that Linux is still more secure than Windoze.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Parris" <evangelinux at thefreelyproject.org>
To: "A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group. <Christiansource"@ofb.biz
Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Five Linux Security Myths You Can Live Without
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:33:45 -0400

> 
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:15:37 +0800
> "______ Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)" <survivor at brisnet.org> wrote:
> 
> > http://www.linuxpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=160902079
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> BTW, that really was a decent article.  It provided a much better balance
> than the typical fare.  I do know that the Windows gurus on my job are among
> the best in the nation - National Gypsum's IT team has received awards for
> innovation in e-commerce and security.  One day I chmod'ed a couple of
> files on my ministry website from work (had a little downtime), and got a
> phone call within 10 minutes. The guy knows me well, and just wanted to be
> sure that it was, in fact, me.  Needless to say, I don't do that anymore. ;)
> 
> The main thing to remember is that you cannot afford to be slack on security
> - regardless of your OS.  GNU/Linux is less susceptible to viruses targeted
> at Windows, but probably is just as susceptible to active assaults.  How
> well prepared we are for those assaults is what makes the biggest
> difference.  When I did security force training in the Corps, our motto was
> "complacency kills".  This would be especially true of network security.  Do
> not assume your defenses will always "just work" - you have to be thinking
> ahead.
> 
> I'm great on strategy - now I just have to practice what I preach. ;)
> 
> Blessings,
> Don
> --
> evangelinux    GNU Evangelist
> http://matheteuo.org/                   http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/
> "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime
> anywhere."
> 
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