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Celebrity advice on keeping your Linux desktop secure

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:00:00 GMT
One of the main reasons people move from Windows to Linux is the promise of greater security from malware on the Internet. Everyone knows you need to add extra security to try to keep a Windows desktop safe, but what do you have to do to accomplish the same thing on Linux? To answer that question, we asked a number of well-known Linux kernel hackers and a security expert for their thoughts on the matter.

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blueproximity

BLUEPROXIMITY(1)														  BLUEPROXIMITY(1)

NAME

       blueproximity - locks/unlocks your desktop tracking a bluetooth device

SYNOPSIS

       blueproximity

DESCRIPTION

       blueproximity  helps you adding a little more security to your desktop.	It does so by detecting one of your bluetooth devices, most likely
       your mobile phone, and keeping track of its distance. If you move furter than a certain distance from your computer for longer than a given
       time,  it  automatically  locks your desktop (or starts an arbitrary shell command). The "distance" must be specified as a measure of blue-
       tooth signal strength rather than in meters, but BlueProximity's setup procedure helps with this by showing you	an  indicator  of  current
       signal strength.  Once away, if you return nearer than a given level for a set time your computer unlocks magically without any interaction
       (or starts any other shell command you want).

       Have a look at the package documentation in your distribution's doc directory, likely /usr/share/doc/blueproximity, to  read  the  complete
       html manual or visit the website http://blueproximity.sourceforge.net .

OPTIONS

       blueproximity doesn't support any command-line parameter.

FILES

       ~/.blueproximity/*.conf	Config files for each profile.

SEE ALSO

       gnome-screensaver-command(1).

AUTHOR

       blueproximity was written by Lars Friedrichs <larsfriedrichs@gmx.de>.

       This  manual  page  was written by Francesco Namuri <francesco@namuri.it> and Lars Friedrichs for the Debian project and Ubuntu (but may be
       used by others).

Lars Friedrichs 						 February 06, 2008						  BLUEPROXIMITY(1)

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