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Skriven 2005-01-31 13:10:42 av Adam Flinton (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Setting up Linux for a "n00b"
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From: Adam Flinton <adam@NOSPAM_softfab.com>

Antti Kurenniemi wrote:
> Hiya,
>
>
> my cousin has an old computer in which she's running an unlicensed
> ("borrowed") copy of W2k, and I'm thinking of installing Linux on it - she
> only needs to use a word processor and browse the net, so I think she'd do
> well enough with Mandrake or similar "easy" release once it's installed.
>
> But how's that security by default? Should I install a firewall and/or a
> virus scanner, or do they come in the default installation? Ports open or
> closed by default? Everything needs to be as automatic as possible, because
> I don't want to study that stuff much nor do I want to drive at her place
> every day.
>
> TIA,
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
>


Is the lass on dialup or broadband?


If Broadband then the best way is to get a modem/router/hub thingy & simply
direct incoming ports as needed to her machine (assuming she wants to run some
sort of services e.g. 80 if she wants to run a web site.)

If dialup then there are lots of linux firewall creation tools with nice guis
but all basically just use the underlying iptables stuff.

Possibly the easiest is to install webmin & ssh server & then choose to
firewall all incoming except ssh & then if you need to admin, get her to
dialup, type ifconfig & read you out the ip address she's been given for that
connection by her ISP.

For my mother....I have part of the "ppp-up" script which right at the end
mails her with the ppp address details so she can just send that to me.

Once in via ssh you can port forward webmin etc or indeed start vncserver &
port forward that (should she need help).

wrt virus scanners....you can....but there are very few linux viruses &
basically the AV tools are there for running a linux server i.e. where you are
looking for windows viruses so you can defang them as they (for instance)
transit the mail system.

Adam

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