The GNU/Linux User Show #17!
The GNU/Linux User Show #017 (MP3 23.6MB - 68min 30sec)
The GNU/Linux User Show #017 (OGG 40.5MB - 68min 30sec)
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OGG: LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE
A looong show this time! This week we talk about GNU/Linux security issues for the home desktop user. I’m not an expert in this field by any means, in fact I don’t use anti-virus at all on my box, so Mark Rais from Really Linux stopped by to help me out.
Firewalls
- How firewalls work on How Stuff Works
- Guarddog
Anti-Spam
Anti-Virus
- My ten minute search turned up nuthin’! Please send in recommendations for GNU/Linux anti-virus to thelinuxusershow at GMail!
Show Notes:
00:36 - Show Intro
00:55 - Kelly Penguin Girl won’t be here this week
01:25 - Disclaimer: I have no idea what I’m talking about!
04:32 - Firewalls
07:12 - Kanotix firewall tool
10:56 - Guarddog firewall
21:19 - Spam
27:46 - Vanquish Anti-spam
31:28 - Linux Questions.org and Really Linux.com
31:37 - Anti Virus
33:43 - Social Engineering
36:15 - Mark Rais
- Why is GNU/Linux more secure than Windows?
- DO NOT LOG ON AS ROOT!
- Firewalls
- Anti-virus
- Anti-spam
67:19 - Show wrapup
Edit: Here’s some anti-virus that listeners have pointed out:
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Intro voice by Bob Taylor Productions: here
Intro/Outro music by Mirror Shades: here
Thanks for listening!!
September 25th, 2005 at 2:10 pm
anti virus
http://www.clamav.net/
mag write up
http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9388/sam0501a/
Ridgid
September 26th, 2005 at 5:15 am
Thanks Rigid!
Listener Ryan also pointed me to the ClamAV.
There you go all, a GPL anti-virus application for GNU/Linux. I knew they had to be out there!
September 26th, 2005 at 6:55 am
Wow … this was a really great show! Good Job!
I also have a feature request for the website: could you also post a rss feed for the ogg files?
– Tony
September 26th, 2005 at 7:52 am
http://klamav.sourceforge.net/ - nice KDE frontend to ClanAV
September 26th, 2005 at 9:05 am
Tony: Thanks, glad you liked it.
There’s no OGGs in the feed? I’ll look into that for sure.
Ash; Thanks for the link. I’ll check it out!
September 26th, 2005 at 5:50 pm
Hi John,
thanks for producing another great show! Some really useful information there, I’ll be sure to take it to heart. Again thanks for going to all this effort to produce a quality show every week.
John Mills
September 26th, 2005 at 11:35 pm
Thanks John!
I was just talking to some of the guys at the local Linux User Group. Looks like we’re going to get someone to come on and talk about how to set up email digital signatures and encryption soon to add to the security aspect :)
Glad you like the show!
September 28th, 2005 at 12:01 am
The show is great! Only one thing, I notice that Jon uses both GNU/Linux and Linux to describe the OS. This might get newbies kinda confused. Just something I noticed=)
September 28th, 2005 at 1:04 am
Hi Andrew.
Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you liked the show!
Yes, it’s true - sometimes saying ‘GNU/Linux’ is too big a mouthful for the sentence I am trying to say. I did do a show (#13) where RMS himself came on and explained the difference between the two phrases. I hope that’s enough to unconfuse people.
I’m trying!
J