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One thing that is seriously worth considering is using a distro with SELinux or AppArmour - I don't know so much about the latter. Recent vulnerabilities in both browsers and server software have been negated on systems running this kind of protection. Jon NB: I'm not entirely sure this is directly relevant to the subject, but I think it's an important point wrt to security. On 04/07/07, Mark Jose <kernowyon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 04 July 2007 09:42, george wrote: > > A lot of negativity here guys. > > > > How many people on this list still use IE? If you run Windows, IE, etc. > > then security is a nightmare. I know that you can never be 100% secure but > > you sure as hell can make it difficult for the bad guys when it counts. I > > do all my money laundering on-line and I want that as private as possible. > > A distro on cd is an awkward way to go but it's better than people getting > > into your bank account. And if you're a Windows user then it could be a > > godsend. I know lots of people have had this idea before but I'll bet none > > of them were Windows only users. > > I don't run Windows - so I certainly don't use IE. However, if I was forced to > use Windows, I would use Firefox or Opera. Each and every Windows user I know > gets a quick explanation of the problems from me and a copy of Firefox > installed if they wish. > A live CD is a good option if you can get access that way - but remember, many > wireless connections, especially those with half decent security, such as > wpa, have problems setting the passwords. Ubuntu/Kubuntu still does not allow > you to set up wpa-psk passwords - it sees the connection as wep rather than > wpa and thus fails to allow input of the password correctly. Easily fixed on > an installed system, but not on a live one unless you create a modified > version yourself. > > Despite using Linux exclusively for several years, I personally never bank > online. I simply do not trust it. Shopping online is another risk area, but > at least you can get a card with a low limit and use that - if it does > get "hacked", you won't lose too much that way. > Maybe I am overcautious, but there are a lot of miscreants out there! > > Mark > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html