[TriLUG] Basic Security Question

[Jon Carnes]

All the major distros now have a simple radio button that you push to engage
security for your machine.  If you are hooking it up tot he internet and
don't have a clue, choose the high security setting.  If you are hooking it
up to the internet and have a clue, choose the low or medium security
setting.

In anycase, your box will be running the latest and greatest of apps and
services, so your vulnerabilities should be minimal.

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa C. Boyd" <lcboyd at nc.rr.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 10:25 AM
Subject: [TriLUG] Basic Security Question


> Three years ago (yeah - I know - an eternity in software time), I went to
a
> seminar/conference about Linux. The speaker was talking about how Linux
> installs left a lot of open doors that are major security risks. Doors
that
> have to be closed by the user and that most student users never realize
> that they need to close those doors. This was at a time when there were a
> lot of problems on the network due to students not configuring their
> computers correctly.
>
> So - is this true for installations nowadays? And if so, ya'll will help
me
> Saturday close all those doors right? ;)
>
> Lisa B.
>
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