Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:58:41 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Ivan =?utf-8?Q?Zenzerovi=C4=87?= <zenzof1@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20070330175841.GA3161@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <640eadd40703301021r5cc4006ds4e860f2c5041d34a@mail.gmail.com> References: <640eadd40703271436h799efba6nd44fd8c4a6586dec@mail.gmail.com> <20070328094522.GC1828@kobe.laptop> <640eadd40703280708s449a6667hc89c82626def4d74@mail.gmail.com> <20070328145337.GB49540@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <640eadd40703281043v35ae98daib3a34c44441abf49@mail.gmail.com> <20070328183003.GA23052@kobe.laptop> <640eadd40703292309m7408bf7di5ddc8a91a18e5ab0@mail.gmail.com> <20070330160211.GD59175@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20070330161651.GA97032@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <640eadd40703301021r5cc4006ds4e860f2c5041d34a@mail.gmail.com>
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--3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 07:21:32PM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovi=C4=87 wrote: > >Try xvidtune. >=20 > Thanks, I'll try. I knew of that program, but with time I forgot it's nam= e. > > I must say that freebsd works very well as a workstation, there are no > viruses (am I right?),=20 As good as right. There have been proof-of-concept viruses for UNIX, but AFAIK no one has ever been found in the wild. And most of them rely on the operator doing something stupid (like running an un-trusted binary as root). That doesn't mean FreeBSD is invulnerable though. If you're running a workstation there are several things you should do IMHO. 1) Enable one of the firewalls that are available on FreeBSD (I like pf). This firewall should be set up to block incoming connections. 2) Do not enable any services that you don't need. 3) Disable all logins that don't come from the local machine. See http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/index.html#sec You might find the rest of this page usefull as well. > But, let me ask something. When I was configuring the mounting of usb mem= ory > sticks, I had to create the /etc/devfs.rules file and write something in = it. > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/usb-disks.html) > and I did it. Everything works fine, but is it ok to create files like th= is > if they are not already created by the system. I just followed the hanboo= k, > but the only difference was that I had to create that file. It is fine to create those files. It is just not used by default. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGDU/REnfvsMMhpyURAoM8AKCtK3B9VMJAVKBFPM4qCnXnt9G5DQCfc2ww xdz1ExXPgTM3TRP5kvkMu3s= =nksi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF--
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