Security Precautions

• never open e-mail attachments from strangers; delete them instead
• change the default system password using the passwd utility
• set up the software firewall (discussion): Menu > Setup > Linux-Firewall Wizard
• use the latest available versions of file-system tools: bzip2, dosfstools, e2fsprogs, ntfs3g, tar
• use the latest available versions of cryptography libraries: OpenSSL, GnuTLS, libgcrypt
• use a recent version of Web browser: Opera, SeaMonkey, Arora
• use a latest available version of Adobe Flash Player (if it is used)
• use a Puppy version with a recent Linux kernel
• use encryption
• use secure deletion methods
• always have a minimum of two copies of valuable or important files on physically separate media
• disable JavaScript within the Web browser (with a subsequent loss in functionality)
• use ClamAV, chkrootkit and FPROTantivirus (for the paranoid only)