On Wed, 31 May 2000, Krikofer wrote:
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> Hi. My friend had told me that Linux does not have a good firewall. Linux can be
>broken into easily (according to his job's system administrator). Would any of you
>know if this is true? He says his friend likes Linux. Any facts?
>
> CH
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This is PROBABLY true of an "out of the box" install.
However, if you go through and tweak stuff, Linux will be
MUCH more secure than Win9x. Why? Because Linux doesn't try
to be a single-user operating system. Also, if you shut
down and disable services you don't need (Sendmail, pop3,
telnet, rlogin, etc) that closes off ports that would
otherwise be vulnerable.
Further, unless you're running as "root" out on the 'Net,
there is very little chance that any sort of hostile script
will be able to break your system through poor user
judgement.
John
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