smooth_buddha
Active Member
Would love to hear what security tools, apps and programs any of you use to keep your system secure and safe, also any other security measures that you take like sandbox'ing or virtualization, or specific security based distros you like or prefur????
I personally use clamav and clamtk , rkhunter and ufw (uncomplicated firewall), and virtual box for virtualization. Im currently looking into other security measures and programs as its not talked about that often as linux is reguarded as fairly secure but im not optimistic when it comes to security and malware i think its best to assume theres many unknown linux malware, vulnerabilites and bugs out there which have not yet been identified rather than repeating the mantra Linux is pretty secure, - which it is to some degree, with several different kernel versions it does make it somewhat more arkward for hackers to write malware as systems can vary so much among linux users but its not impossible and has been known to happen.
Would be interested to know if anybody has actually ever had a virus or malware on Linux or knows somebody that has! I personally do not know of anybody who's ever been infected on Linux.
I personally use clamav and clamtk , rkhunter and ufw (uncomplicated firewall), and virtual box for virtualization. Im currently looking into other security measures and programs as its not talked about that often as linux is reguarded as fairly secure but im not optimistic when it comes to security and malware i think its best to assume theres many unknown linux malware, vulnerabilites and bugs out there which have not yet been identified rather than repeating the mantra Linux is pretty secure, - which it is to some degree, with several different kernel versions it does make it somewhat more arkward for hackers to write malware as systems can vary so much among linux users but its not impossible and has been known to happen.
Would be interested to know if anybody has actually ever had a virus or malware on Linux or knows somebody that has! I personally do not know of anybody who's ever been infected on Linux.