Facts about Free Software and Data Security Issues

[admin]

I use Fedora 10 on my PC, never find any such problem. It is safe to use Fedora or any other linux destro.

netstat may be showing the connection made by yum. I found few times, i makes too many connections.

[samonteroel]

I think it depends on the source, original distro may be clean but may be somebody recompiled it and included freebies (trojans) specially for you. :)

so be careful on friends.

[fazalca]

I found this problem (data streaming) is on fedora 8. I think RedHat Enterprise distribution may be good ...

in fact I am linux lover and I am using unix for practicing my c programs etc .. but I dont like to stream my personal data over Internet..

So if anybody knows how to block those connection establishment .. please let me know.

Thanks in advance
Fazal C.A

[wrikral]

1. look up what happens with wireshark
2. block with shorewall or iptables the ports you didn't want or just remove the belonging applications (if they aren't necessary)