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Linux - Security
06-06-2011 7:21 PM
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One point which I remain puzzled about is security.........Are you safe to do online banking and other financial transactions using Linux ?
A brief look at the forums seem to suggest there is no need for any sort of firewalls or anti virus software but as a windows user for over 7 years and a Linux user for 2 days I feel a bit unnerved at not using a firewall or anti virus program, so one simple question do you use Linux to do banking and other financial transactions and if so could the bank or other organization refuse to refund any money if your details got compromised ?
Thanks
Re: Linux - Security
06-06-2011 7:41 PM
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More about WOT here...http://www.mywot.com/
Edit no Antivirus needed.
Re: Linux - Security
06-06-2011 7:56 PM
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Re: Linux - Security
06-06-2011 8:08 PM
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Re: Linux - Security
06-06-2011 8:08 PM
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I have been using Linux (originally Mint but now PCLinuxOS) for online banking and all my financial transactions for six years now. I would never use Windows even though I still do have it installed.
Linux has proved to be far less susceptible to Malware than Windows (or even Mac). No bank would have a leg to stand on (IMHO) if they tried to use that as an excuse.
Re: Linux - Security
06-06-2011 8:54 PM
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I use Linux Mint for online banking, and have no worries doing so. As long as you apply some common sense and don't respond to anything dodgy looking then you'll be fine.
Re: Linux - Security
07-06-2011 10:03 AM
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I used to use a firewall (a pc running smoothwall with 2 nics and all my pc's on the green network) but that got shutdown several years ago, and as I said the only machine I run a firewall on (UFW) is the one that occasionally connects via a 3g dongle - because it gets a live ip address from the dongle.
I have BitDefender AV but only really need it to scan M$ programs - as long as you only install s/w from trusted sources then there should be no issues.
Plus you can laugh at the windows that pop up saying you have a virus in your C: drive - if you still allow pop-up's I don't one of the first tings to get installed in FF is adblock
Re: Linux - Security
07-06-2011 2:25 PM
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I Have always been aware of the number of free programs available for windows but am amazed about the amount of stuff available for Linux.
Not sure if I will get very far regarding coding but there seems a vast amount of stuff available that can be accessed without the need to learn code.
Re: Linux - Security
08-06-2011 10:35 AM
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I WANT to learn a new programming language but can't seem to get the project off the ground - I find I need a goal to aim for that motivates me to do something
The s/w that needs to be modified/compiled is more exotic than the normal packages you can just click and install (I think there are over 20K+ programs available in synaptic for you to try & ALL free)
Re: Linux - Security
09-06-2011 4:40 PM
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Have a look at BASH.
Or if you want to program in Python, there are some motivational coding examples at
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/python-special-edition-1/
and
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/python-special-edition-2/
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Linux - Security
09-06-2011 5:49 PM
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Suspect I will be the same.
Quote from: Hairy 99% of the s/w available doesn't require you to know any coding at all. As long as you can drive a gui (synaptic/software manager) they will install all the s/w with just a few clicks.
I WANT to learn a new programming language but can't seem to get the project off the ground - I find I need a goal to aim for that motivates me to do something
The s/w that needs to be modified/compiled is more exotic than the normal packages you can just click and install (I think there are over 20K+ programs available in synaptic for you to try & ALL free)
Have been spending some time looking at the coding and if I understand it correctly it may be necessary to use it on the odd occasion to access files that it refuses to let you see ie, although I was logged on with my password it would not allow me to see what was on my second internal hard drive...permission denied.
As you say most of the things the average user would want are fairly easy to find and install so I guess I will be another Linux user, just wish I had looked at it before now.
Re: Linux - Security
09-06-2011 6:18 PM
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"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Linux - Security
09-06-2011 7:51 PM
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Quote from: Denzil
. As long as you apply some common sense and don't respond to anything dodgy looking then you'll be fine.
Does this only apply to Linux?
or would you say that the above statement is also true if you run any version of Windows ?
Re: Linux - Security
09-06-2011 8:00 PM
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Re: Linux - Security
09-06-2011 8:37 PM
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Oh... sorry,, been using Windows since version 3.1 on Floppy disc, and still using it... Using the statement made, seems to have been enough to keep me safe... It should work just as well for Linux users too!...
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