--- On Thu, 11/11/10, James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 10:36 -0800, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > >> Lack of the usual indicators, that is, no odd > application behavior, > >> no unusual slow-downs, no excessive CPU usage, no > excessive or > >> abnormal net (or hard drive) activity, no crashes > or freezes, no > >> strange log reports, no reports from friends about > receiving spam > >> e-mails from me that I never sent, etc. > >> > >> I've spent enough time fixing friends' infected > Windows machines that > >> I've gotten a "feel" for when something is > amiss. It's not a > >> definitive feeling, just an indicator to start > checking for something > >> wrong. > > > >I've seen comments made that the usual things you > notice with a hacked > >Windows installation (where it's horribly sluggish and > unstable), really > >only apply to Windows. Not to mention that an > un-hacked, but otherwise > >crappily maintained, Windows box behaves just the > same. > > > Tim, Patrick, et. al.: > > These are all valid points. I've said that Fedora is > 'beta' software in the past. Every effort is made by I would never consider using Fedora on a system where security was paramount. That's why I only use it on my home desktop systems. > [big snip] > > Lastly, there are two types of people in the security > realm: > 1. Those who have not been breached and will. > Those people tend to say "I'm lucky and I'm not going to > improve my security posture." This includes malware > infections (viruses, spyware and worms.) > 2. Those have been breached and now look like an > armoured tank. I'm the latter. I have anti-virus > software on my MacIntosh (there is ONE known in the wild > virus/worm for the MacOSX platform), anti-spyware on my > browser and other items (firewalls/ipfilters). I was > struck by the MonkeyB worm from a supposedly active system > with anti-virus installed (but disabled.) Virus > infections can and do come from everywhere. There is a third type who falls between 1 and 2, (1.666 ;-)). He knows there's a devil, but still takes a reasonable, not excessive or paranoid, security approach based on what needs to be secured, its value, and the extint of the exposure. I fall in that group. For the paranoid treatment of security, this was worthwhile. It gave me a headache. ;-). This is Revision 4. September 2010. http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/os/redhat/rhel5-guide-i731.pdf B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
