Are where some linux distro i shut avoid

suse91pro · 09-18-2005, 05:27 AM

Are where some linux distro i shut avoid because of a bulid-in backdoors ?

XavierP · 09-18-2005, 07:17 AM

Backdoors aren't built in to Linux. Peer review means that these things are caught very quickly.

SlackerLX · 09-18-2005, 07:38 AM

All distros are fine by me! Even Solaris

suse91pro · 09-18-2005, 10:14 AM

What about the NSA SE Linux distro is where bulid-in backdoors or even worst in that OS ?

dracolich · 09-18-2005, 12:44 PM

Any distro of any OS is only as secure as the administrator (you) makes it. If you don't want backdoors, viruses, rootkits, etc., put the proper blocks and protection in place. And if your in a home environment don't login as root for normal activities.

XavierP · 09-18-2005, 12:48 PM

SE Linux is Security Enhanced - even though developed by the NSA, peer review still takes place.

Haiyadragon · 09-18-2005, 01:26 PM

Windows! Oh wait...

suse91pro · 09-18-2005, 02:19 PM

Thanks dracolich i just search on on the topic and it can be fix but the problem was not in any linux distro but in Mr.G OS`s but i just want to no if where was similary problems with linux distros.

aysiu · 09-18-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally posted by dracolich
Any distro of any OS is only as secure as the administrator (you) makes it. If you don't want backdoors, viruses, rootkits, etc., put the proper blocks and protection in place. And if your in a home environment don't login as root for normal activities.

This is sort of true, but different distros come with different defaults. Some include firewalls (Mepis). Some don't open any ports (Ubuntu). Some make the default user root (Linspire).

If there's anything I've found with computers, it's that most computer users work with the computer's defaults--they rarely customize. I customize a lot, but I think I'm part of the minority.

suse91pro · 09-18-2005, 04:43 PM

Thanks aysiu i customize a lot to but not on linux get but very soon.

XavierP · 09-18-2005, 05:42 PM

As a side note, in a recent issue of Linux Format, they pointed out that Linspire closes all ports bar one by default making it, in their opinion, one of the most secure desktop distros around. And this is despite making the root user the sole user.

Although, lets not forget, Linspire does prompt you to make a normal user account.

aysiu · 09-18-2005, 11:56 PM

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Originally posted by XavierP
Although, lets not forget, Linspire does prompt you to make a normal user account.

I don't know if I'd call this "prompt[ing] you to make a normal user account." It makes adding a new user sound like an "advanced configuration option," not something nigh-necessary.