Security with Linux - Newbie

[Lindsay]

Ok, I just subscribed to the secuirty updat list, but I don't have a
clue how to download, save and install in Ubuntu yet.  I'll take one
step at a time over the next few weeks.
Linz

On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 16:03 -0500, Joshua Lee wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 20:16 +1300, Lindsay wrote:
> > I have been of the understanding that Linux is relatively virus and
> > intruder safe.  How accurate is my understanding of this?
> 
> Viruses are rare because Linux isn't a hospitable environment for them.
> Spyware is impossible. Some forms of vulnerabilities exist on both
> platforms though. You should always keep your software updated with
> "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" or using the Synaptic GUI
> application on Ubuntu will take care of that for everything in the core
> distribution. Keep a subscription to the Ubuntu security mailing list
> and keep upgraded accordingly is really easy.
> 
> Even if you don't get something upgraded right away it's safer than
> Windows, none of this "twenty minutes without a firewall and you're
> infected" situation as can happen in Windows.
> 
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