Help - newbie Linux user
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KeyboardJockey
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jæd said:
Thanks for that.
Also what are the best firewalls to get which will work with both Ubuntu and Win XP.
KeyboardJockey
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jæd said:
thanks
So I couldn't install Norton Internet Security and it cover both the linux and the win portions of the HDD.
IpTables is that the Linux fireawall?
KeyboardJockey said:
Nope... Norton is a windows program only. You could get a hardware firewall (ie in your adsl router) and not install software firewalls but this would leave both Windows and Ubuntu vunerable (But Xp would be more at risk) to other computers behind the hardware firewall.
Best to have both.
KeyboardJockey said:
One of many, yes...
KeyboardJockey
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jæd said:
Hmmm. I'm a bit of an appliance operator so a lot of stuff that may be familiar ot others may not be to me. So I can re install my Norton IS to cover the WinXP environment and and the Linux FW that you mentioned on the linux section of the disc. Sounds logical to me. I'm running Broadband through an NTL set top box and I'll prolly be doing most webstuff via Linux as my experience of Knoppix seems to show that it is less buggering about to connect than with my old Win 98 set up.
Would it be better to have two 80gb hdd's one wit h linux and one with win?
KeyboardJockey said:
If you're starting out then it might be an advantage. If you had one disk you will would need to have a partition for Xp and one linux. If you are a newbie it can be easy to select the wrong one and delete it by mistake, or even delete both at once. Deleting two different physical drives is harder.
not really but it depends on what you intend to do with our machine. I've got a few machines with variuos settings. Some allow me to log into them remotely this laptop doesn't. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html
There's an app called firestarter. It's a gui firewall config.
There's an app called firestarter. It's a gui firewall config.
KeyboardJockey
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jayeola said:
Because I'm involved in voluntary activities and need to move cash around in an internet banking setting I really DO need someform of firewall. I live in fear of someone remotely accessing my machine and emptying the accounts.
KeyboardJockey said:Because I'm involved in voluntary activities and need to move cash around in an internet banking setting I really DO need someform of firewall. I live in fear of someone remotely accessing my machine and emptying the accounts.
Yep... Well... Its best to be safe than be sorry...
internet banking
We are getting off topic here and security as applied to internet banking can be a big topic but:
Try doing all banking activites while running a 'live' linux distribution such as Knoppix. This runs entirely from a bootable cd and is therefore a clean system every time you restart your pc - free from adware, spyware etc.
This will work best for people with common systems (almost any old Dell for instance) where Knoppix will auto-configure and work correctly without any fuss. You also need a simple internet connection like a broadband modem with ethernet connection to your pc, or an old *external* dial-up modem.
KeyboardJockey said:Because I'm involved in voluntary activities and need to move cash around in an internet banking setting I really DO need someform of firewall. I live in fear of someone remotely accessing my machine and emptying the accounts.
We are getting off topic here and security as applied to internet banking can be a big topic but:
Try doing all banking activites while running a 'live' linux distribution such as Knoppix. This runs entirely from a bootable cd and is therefore a clean system every time you restart your pc - free from adware, spyware etc.
This will work best for people with common systems (almost any old Dell for instance) where Knoppix will auto-configure and work correctly without any fuss. You also need a simple internet connection like a broadband modem with ethernet connection to your pc, or an old *external* dial-up modem.
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