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Sun, 06/10/2007 - 20:43 — admin

Virus Prevention 101
http://www.tourbus.com/vp101.htm

virtualisation AMD style

You can get a virus even without an attachment
www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/36362.html

When you use webmail, e.g. hotmail, gmail, yahoo or ippimail, there is less chance of a virus appearing on your computer because the mail remains on the server.

Security pages
http://www.userlocal.com/security/securitytips.php
http://aymanh.com/tips-to-secure-linux-workstation

The IBM guide to securing Linux :-
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/lbrary/l-seclnx1.html

http://www.whydrupal.com/
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=696595
http://drupal.org/project/simplenews

Web page redirector code
is here

making a floppy image file from a bootable floppy to use when making a bootable cd
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/floppy.img

Using DansGaurdian and anti virus with Smoothwall firewall
DGAV combines the DansGuardian content filter with a 3rd party patch enabling content to also be scanned for infection (viri, trojans & worms). If questionable content or an infection is found the page is replaced with a 'blocked' page alerting the end user.
http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8488

Moving from Windows to Linux: IBM Guide:-
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-roadmap.html

Setting up spam assassin
http://member.melbpc.org.au/~parsonsd/filtering/spamass.html

Smoothwall on CF (flash card)
http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16604&highlight=usb+install