On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 12:18 -0700, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > Is virus software a must have? I'm trying Fedora 9, used Mac OS X for > years without it. What say you? Jeff Jeff, if you've used OSX for years without antivirus software, then you'll probably be comfortable running Fedora without it too. There have been Linux viruses, but the usual open source response is to fix the vulnerable software -- and quite quickly -- instead of creating virus scanners and updating signatures. This is effectively treating the sickness and not the symptom, and has generally worked well. In addition, tools such as SELinux effectively reduce the attack surface for viruses and malware. Of course, good system administration (leaving SELinux on, updating frequently, using strong authentication, close system monitoring, and so forth) is essential too. (Most AV software I've seen for Linux concentrates on detecting Windows viruses on shared storage and in e-mail). -Chris -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
