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wilshire

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Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 10

Security guides

First time posting and coming from xp/FC7.

I've decided to give Linux a more serious go around as I have played around with FC7 for a while but haven't really learned much as there is not much you really need to do besides point and click.   I like the idea behind Arch where I can build the system up around what I need and not what the organization that is sponsoring the distro thinks I need.

That being said I'd like to along with becoming more accustomed to working with the backend of a unix like OS I also want to get a few pointers on good security practices.  The most in depth I have been so far with setting up security measures has been the basic firefox+noscript, running windows firewall if that gives you an idea of how new I am to the whole topic.

So any guides/books/blogs/articles discussing good security practices related unix like operating systems or better yet arch in particular would be greatly appreciated.

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: Security guides

Read more about firewalls here, here, here and here.

Besides that, these are the basic, most important security measures:
- Don't work in the root account/set up a user account with the right privileges
- Build packages from AUR as user, not root (only install them via root)

Noscript for firefox on linux is also a good idea. Same is true for adblock, flashblock etc

edit: Oh, and welcome to the Arch Forum, have fun!
edit2: I was wrong about the firewall

Last edited by Sigi (2008-04-16 16:01:42)

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Haven't been here in a while. Still rocking Arch.

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: Security guides

Here's an exploit listing to keep an eye on.

Last edited by brebs (2008-04-16 16:09:31)

F

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Registered: 2006-10-09

Posts: 322

Re: Security guides

Here's an exploit listing to keep an eye on.

Excellent link, brebs.

tigrmesh

IRC Op

From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: Security guides

Here's an exploit listing to keep an eye on.

What an annoying page!  But a useful one.  Thanks brebs.