How about something to protect against browser weaknesses and attempts
to install applications? I know on Windows this can happen easily
without you even knowing. Is it the same on linux?
openSUSE has a very good default firewall. If you want to fine tune it,
you can reconfigure it using YaST (which is all that any other program
would do).
john_hudson;1906882 Wrote:
> openSUSE has a very good default firewall. If you want to fine tune it,
> you can reconfigure it using YaST (which is all that any other program
> would do).
6tr6tr;1906902 Wrote:
> What about for other features, like:
>
> 1. Packet inspection/decision
> 2. Keeping apps from being able to install
Can you be more specific about what it is you’d like to accomplish with
packet inspection? What problem are you trying to solve?
Linux doesn’t allow non-root users to install applications or make
fundamental system configuration changes. So as long as you do your
day-to-day computing with an “ordinary” user account, you’re protected
in many ways. If you’re particularly concerned about safe browsing, you
might want to consider using the NoScript extension for Firefox.
However, this can prevent “good” code from running in the browser, too,
so you’ll need to spend time building a whitelist of safe sites.
Otherwise, parts of the web will seem to be broken.