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Does anyone have a screenshot of the Security area in the control center in linux?

Please? and what kind of security features does linux have (as windows has firewall, defender. does linux has something similar?) thanks for your help guys and girls :)

Public Comments

1. I don't think Linux has a built in protector as it is by far the safest OS to use. People rarely create viruses for Linux and I believe it is also very safe due to the way it's coded.
2. It has nothing. By default iptables (firewall) allows everything to go in and out of the computer; however this can be changed. Many of us use a graphical interface like Firestarter to easily configure iptables, others manually create the rules. Users can also choose to install an antivirus although it is unnecessary. The popular choice in antiviruses is ClamAV. The biggest and safest security measure Linux has is multiple accounts. One does not use the administrator account in Linux unless they are doing something specific, instead they use a limited user account. This measure alone prevents the uninvited installation of malware. Firestarter - http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7356/screenshotpvc.png
3. You don't need it. Taken from WHY LINUX IS BETTER http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/ Linux hardly has any viruses. And that's not like "Oh well, not very often, you know". That's like "If you've ever heard of a real Linux virus, please tell me". Of course, a Linux virus is not impossible to get. However, Linux makes it very hard for this to happen, for several reasons: 1) Most people use Microsoft Windows, and pirates want to do as much damage (or control) as possible: therefore, they target Windows. But that's not the only reason; the Apache web server (a web server is a program located on a remote computer that sends web pages to your browser when you ask for them), which is open source software, has the biggest market share (against Microsoft's IIS server), but it still suffers from much fewer attacks/flaws than the Microsoft one. 2) Linux uses smart authorization management. In Windows you (and any program you install) usually have the right to do pretty much anything to the system. If you feel like punishing your PC because it just let your precious work disappear, you can go inside the system folder and delete whatever you want: Windows won't complain. Of course, the next time you reboot, trouble begins. But imagine that if you can delete this system stuff, other programs can, too, or just mess it up. Linux doesn't allow that. Every time you request to do something that has to do with the system, an administrator password is required (and if you're not an administrator on this system, you simply can't do it). Viruses can't just go around and delete or modify what they want in the system; they don't have the authorization for that. 3) More eyes make fewer security flaws. Linux is Open source software, which means that any programmer in the world can have a look at the code (the "recipe" of any program), and help out, or just tell other developers "Hey, what if blah blah, isn't this a security flaw?". LUg.