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Firestarter, shorewall, guarddog ... they're all just a frontend to
a piece of kernel functionality; none of them are security apps in
their own right. Personally I highly value nmap, always good to
a) know your attackers and b) let them know they're being watched ;}
Remember: while an Apache exploit really isn't a *nix vulnerability, strictly speaking (it's an app, not an OS), there are exploits in certain versions of Apache and ClamAV comes with signatures to identify the slapper variants which compile on Linux.
Likewise, if you share out files via samba (or NFS) with Windows machines, you want to scan those shares so that you don't end up being a handy storage place for viruses.
Lastly, you don't want to forward virus attachments to others, right? The viruses may not run on your machine (not even under wine!) but they can be a nuisance to others.
Remember: while an Apache exploit really isn't a *nix vulnerability, strictly speaking (it's an app, not an OS), there are exploits in certain versions of Apache and ClamAV comes with signatures to identify the slapper variants which compile on Linux.
Likewise, if you share out files via samba (or NFS) with Windows machines, you want to scan those shares so that you don't end up being a handy storage place for viruses.
Lastly, you don't want to forward virus attachments to others, right? The viruses may not run on your machine (not even under wine!) but they can be a nuisance to others.
I don't use apache, samba and I never forward emails.
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