Security with Linux - Newbie

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Hi Lindsay,
Its very easy, connect to internet,
 open a console,  type sudo apt-get update   and press enter.
Give your password and hit enter,
its all done for you.

Check out Unofficial Ubuntu 4.10 Starter Guide

http://www.ubuntuguide.org  excellent reference material
for newbies like us.

Take Care
Winton 







On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 21:22 +1300, Lindsay wrote:
> 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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