data64 <me@privacy.net> wrote in news:Xns9407A63ACFC0AData64Bigfootcom@
130.133.1.4:

> 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.
>
> data64
>

Forgot to add, only enable the services that you really need.
ie. if you do not really need an FTP server, do not enable that.
Similarly for all the other severs that it is possible to start.

data64