Arch Linux

axujen

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Registered: 2011-02-21

Posts: 14

how secure is arch ?

not that i need much security ( im just a home user who like some controle over his pc) but i was just wondering about the security in arch out of the box.

Pierre

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From: Bonn

Registered: 2004-07-05

Posts: 1,967

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Re: how secure is arch ?

Simple: Arch is as secure as you make it. Or in other words: there is no security out-of-the-box.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: how secure is arch ?

You might want to read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Security

Mr.Elendig

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From: The intertubes

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 4,097

Re: how secure is arch ?

As said before, as secure as _you_ make it.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2011-03-26 19:17:37)

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I'mGeorge

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Registered: 2011-03-23

Posts: 150

Re: how secure is arch ?

true (the part with it's as secure as you consider it to be) but as a rule of thumb especially if you're connected to a local network use an usual user, even if this implies writing your password almost all the time. Make your user so it would be in the sudoers file just to make your life a little bit easier.

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