December 22, 2006, Newsletter Issue #44: Remote Linux Security
Tip of the Week
If you switched to Linux thinking that your remote access security management woes would be over, you're only half right.
Even though Linux has a somewhat better track record than Windows regarding remote access security and virus and worm exploitation in particular, there are still a large number of vulnerabilities uncovered all the time for the free operating system, and Semantic and other security organizations are now starting to provide commercial firewall, antivirus, and other internet security software for Linux.
As it stands, a basic Linux distribution itself is still very secure compared to other popular operating systems, and is typically made less secure by services that are run on the system. To minimize the security risk of your new OS, simply disable all the services that you don't need--and stay up to date on security patches for the ones that you do!
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