[olpc-community-support] AV software

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Please see our Support FAQ's "official" new answer here, thanks to 
OLPC's security expert Michael Stone:


          What antivirus & firewall security software is available?

    Out of the box, your XO laptop is going to be "safer than" your PC 
-- threats to Linux are rare.

    Advanced users may want to look into Linux's free open source 
antivirus (ClamAV) and firewall
    (iptables) software, but these are NOT supported by OLPC. 

    Note: There are few software/services that listen for connections 
from the Internet (Avahi mdns, ssh), which helps limit your risks.

    
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_FAQ#What_antivirus_.26_firewall_security_software_is_available.3F

--
OLPC Support (http://support.laptop.org)

Jim Gettys wrote:
> First, Linux/Unix systems generally have only needed AV systems to
> protect Windows systems that they may be serving.
>
> But in part that's because Windows has been an easy target, and one we
> can't take for granted, if we want applications (activities) to be safe
> to share on a routine basis...  The reaction to the problem has been to
> "lock down" systems so that software is unable to be routinely shared
> and exchanged.
>
> So Bitfrost, not yet complete, is a serious attempt to raise the
> security bar high enough that activities can be routinely shared, so
> that there can be an explosion of applications for the kids to use that
> will not require central control and administration for safe use.
>                             - Jim
>
> On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 18:58 -0500, lovewindoze at gmail.com wrote:
>   
>> Cool. Not sure I understand bittfrost completely. But apparently
>> viruses are not anything I need to worry about.
>> thanks.
>>  
>>
>>
>>  
>> On 12/18/07, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero <dirakx at gmail.com> wrote: 
>>         Hi 
>>         
>>         That's why we have the bittfrost security platform.
>>         
>>         http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bitfrost
>>         
>>         we dont need Anti-virus software, :).
>>         
>>         Thanks for your concern, 
>>         
>>         
>>         On Dec 18, 2007 1:18 PM, lovewindoze at gmail.com
>>         <lovewindoze at gmail.com> wrote:
>>         
>>                 I'm looking at my new XO and on the website and don't
>>                 see any Anti-Virus software listed. 
>>                 
>>                  
>>                 I don't believe any computer should be connected to
>>                 the internet without some protection.
>>                 
>>                  
>>                 Any idea IF AV software is installed already?   
>>                 
>>                  
>>                 What are others doing to protect their machines and
>>                 networks?
>>                  
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