Virus software? do I need it?

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Jeffrey Engle wrote:
> Is virus software a must have? I'm trying Fedora 9, used Mac OS X for
> years without it. What say you? Jeff

linux says, 'we don't need no stinking anti-virus software'.

for some more info as to security of linux, other than virus software,
have a look at these;

http://project.honeynet.org/

http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Honeypots-the-Hottest-Thing-in-Intrusion-Detection/

http://baitnswitch.sourceforge.net/

honeypots.sourceforge.net/open_proxy_honeypots.pdf


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in a free world without fences, who needs gates.

learn linux:
'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition'   http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
'The Linux Documentation Project'   http://www.tldp.org/
'HowtoForge'   http://howtoforge.com/
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