Live CD & Internet Access 1

[Ant234]

I'm new to Linux, and have recently started playing around with a couple of the Live CD's (Knoppix, and eLearnix).

Could someone tell how safe relatively it is to access the Internet using these, compared to say Windows & IE (with fire wall, and virus scanner etc).

I run them on a PC that has XP running on the hard drive, so dont want anything finding its way on there and fouling up the file system. (This shouldnt be a problem with eLearnix as according to the site it doesnt automatically mount the hard drive.)

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks.

 

[stefanwagner]

If you don't surf as root, it should be very save.
Knoppix mounts Filesystems as read-only by default, and you need su-privileges, to mount it.

But there aren't much viruses for linux in the wild, and I didn't hear of dialers so far.

And knoppix doesn't start a web- ftp- or many other servers by default, which could be a security risk.

seeking a job as java-programmer in Berlin:

http://home.arcor.de/hirnstrom/bewerbung

 

[Ant234]

Thanks for that Stefan )