Re: Never Hacked or Infected--Yet (Was: Re: End of life for FC12?)
-- On Thu, 11/11/10, Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/11/10, Patrick Bartek <bartek047(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
> --- On Wed, 11/10/10, Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> [snip]
>> I hope that you're not deluding yourself...
>
> Why would you think I am?
I'm no expert on intrusion detection, but I'm pretty sure
that it
involves much more than gut feelings. A clever cracker will
make sure
that you don't experience "the usual indicators".
I run daily cron-jobs, check logs, etc., too, but being familiar with how a system
performs is important. Abnormal performance is a first indicator that something may be
wrong. It does not necessarily mean a virus, etc., but it would make me start checking
for a cause.
Anyway, even if you use eol'd Fedoras (and I must admit, I
do, too),
you should probably not let sensitive data (credit card
numbers and
such) anywhere near it.
I never do. Or have. I don't even store e-mail addresses or log-on info for secured
sites like banks, businesses, etc. that I need to access.
B