On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 20:21:52 +0000, data64 wrote:

> Lance Delacroix <lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote in
> news:blf83s$b7jo2$1@ID-110594.news.uni-berlin.de:
>
>> Using Mandrake 9.1, and am nearing a point where I'm ready to dump
>> Windoze forever. Can anyody tell me, a la Sponge's efforts with
>> Windoze, what the minimum smart things are to do to secure a Linux
>> computer on the net?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Setup ip tables (the firewall). Use privoxy if you want to filter
> banners, ads, etc. You can also use a Hosts file to block bad sites.
>

Good advice. However iptables can be daunting for a new user. Look at
installing Guarddog which is a fairly intuitive pretty gui to help set it
up.

When on line go to
http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php
to add sources for "update", "plf", "texstar" & 'contrib' package mirrors
which makes updating/adding packages a breeze.

Good luck.
Gordon