From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from anchor-post-30.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-30.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.88]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDB8510A16 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:51:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mga.demon.co.uk ([80.177.13.92] helo=[192.168.2.16]) by anchor-post-30.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.67) id 1K6lKi-000PmG-2g for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:51:12 +0000 Subject: Re: Question About Security Software for Ubuntu From: Georgina Joyce To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20080612111712.GA2727@cq.ftml.net> References: <020f01c8cc37$fc0012f0$6500a8c0@amd3000xp> <1213263489.15029.5.camel@violet.perfumed-garden.local> <4850F7E9.5000604@baechler.net> <20080612111712.GA2727@cq.ftml.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Ready2GoLinux Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:51:04 +0100 Message-Id: <1213271464.13004.18.camel@violet.perfumed-garden.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: gena@mga.demon.co.uk, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:51:14 -0000 > I use clamav for virus protection and spamassassin for spam filtering. > Both are very accessible, are automatically updated on a regular basis, > and come in Debian packages. In addition, spamassassin can be > configured stochastically, i.e. so it learns as it goes, if you want to > take the trouble to tell it about false positives and false negatives. > My email services have their own filters, but mine still catch things > from time to time. I have not played with the stochastic configuration, > but it's there if one wants to. > > But Linux security is more than just virus and spam. It would pay to > dig into the subject a bit. A good firewall is a start, and running > only essential services and daemons. > Yes, but we have to start at the level of the original questioner's understanding. He / she may not even realise the relationship between debian and Ubuntu, for example.