On Thursday 20 April 2006 16:29, lmyho wrote: > Yes it's a workstation, to be some kind of app server, but not mail server. > But why a workstation doesn't need anti-virus stuff? Doesn't the Internet > connection unsafe? Actually, I should asy, I want to find > anti-spyware/adware/virus stuff, just to make the workstation safe when > connect to the Internet. Most viruses and worms depend on vulnerabilities that don't exist in Linux and various user-space programs. Generally speaking, widely adopted open source packages tend to have much better code auditing than commercial software like Windows or MS Office. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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