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Posted 07/08/2008 10:16:00


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Ok, I have a few distros running now and no security on any of them?

Do I need it?

Can anyone tell me a free distro for Firewall and Anti Virus, prefferably got through apt-get

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Posted 07/08/2008 10:43:48


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Have a read of this.
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Posted 07/08/2008 11:41:54


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Page wont load! I't might be work net though, will try at home.

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Prometheus ASrocks 4Core dual SATA2, Intel E2200 2.2ghz, 2gb Crucial 1GB DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5300, Saphire HD 3650 512mb, 250gb, 80gbHDD Dual bootedXP & Hardu HeronF@H 24/7
Orion (Server), Dell Poweredge Sc440 Dual Core E2180, 512mb DDR2 667 EEC Ram.
Hard Drives : 80GB, 250GB, 200GB, 500GB Samsung Spinpoint, 500gb Samsung SpinpointF@H
Lancelot, AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 1.47Ghz, 512mb PC2700(166) Ram,
Mobo - MSIKM3M-V, Hard Drives : 40GBF@H 24/7 Merlin, AMD Sempron 2800+ 2.0Ghz, Mobo : K75741MG-6L, 512MB PC2700 (166) Ram, Nvidia Geeforce?, Hard Drives : 160GB, 130gbF@H 24/7 Excalibur (Media Centre), AMD Athlon 2800+, 512MB PC3200 Ram, Hard Drives : 40GB, 40GB F@H Camelot (Family), Intel Celeron 800Mhz, 256MB Ram, Hard Drives : 30GB Atlantis, Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz, 512MB Ram, Hard Drives : 40GB F@HThor (Laptop, Mint 4.0), AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 600MB Ram, Graphics : S3 VT8636A ProSavage, Hard Drives : 30gb HDD Stargate (Laptop), Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz, 512MB Ram, Hard Drives : 30gb HDD
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Posted 07/08/2008 12:59:00


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Basically there is no need of either, but read the article linked to for more details.

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Posted 07/08/2008 13:21:12


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You already have netfilter (the project was merged with the kernel from 2.3 onwards) so you have a firewall of sorts, just not a very friendly one to configure.
Firestarter will provide a GUI interface for configuring the firewall and should be in the repo's.
ClamAV is free (beer and speech), AVG still offer a Linux version of 7.5 free and Panda also offers a freeware AV but I wouldn't bother if I were you.

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Posted 07/08/2008 14:24:45


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I agree with most of the above comments.
If you are behind a router, and you don't leave ports open, you are generally safe, BUT it does not do to be complacent.

I run network servers,and we run rkhunter on a Cron job just to be sure.
It is worth downloading it and running it to see what it says.(but don't freak if it reports something, there can be false positives)

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Posted 07/08/2008 16:12:49


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What is that and where do I get it?

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Prometheus ASrocks 4Core dual SATA2, Intel E2200 2.2ghz, 2gb Crucial 1GB DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5300, Saphire HD 3650 512mb, 250gb, 80gbHDD Dual bootedXP & Hardu HeronF@H 24/7
Orion (Server), Dell Poweredge Sc440 Dual Core E2180, 512mb DDR2 667 EEC Ram.
Hard Drives : 80GB, 250GB, 200GB, 500GB Samsung Spinpoint, 500gb Samsung SpinpointF@H
Lancelot, AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 1.47Ghz, 512mb PC2700(166) Ram,
Mobo - MSIKM3M-V, Hard Drives : 40GBF@H 24/7 Merlin, AMD Sempron 2800+ 2.0Ghz, Mobo : K75741MG-6L, 512MB PC2700 (166) Ram, Nvidia Geeforce?, Hard Drives : 160GB, 130gbF@H 24/7 Excalibur (Media Centre), AMD Athlon 2800+, 512MB PC3200 Ram, Hard Drives : 40GB, 40GB F@H Camelot (Family), Intel Celeron 800Mhz, 256MB Ram, Hard Drives : 30GB Atlantis, Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz, 512MB Ram, Hard Drives : 40GB F@HThor (Laptop, Mint 4.0), AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 600MB Ram, Graphics : S3 VT8636A ProSavage, Hard Drives : 30gb HDD Stargate (Laptop), Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz, 512MB Ram, Hard Drives : 30gb HDD
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Posted 07/08/2008 16:20:14


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A tool which checks for common exploits (changed system files, backdoors, etc) here

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