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Hardening Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-know-you-should dept.

davidmwilliams writes "Out of the box, many Linux systems are insecure with open ports and unpatched vulnerabilities. Read about the essential steps to secure your server as well as how to solve them manually and via automated tools like Bastille."

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  1. Re:How To in summary... by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Troll

    My GUI has a command line.

    It's curses that keeps Lunix stuck in the dark ages.

    --
    There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
  2. Enough of Linux by postmortem · · Score: 0, Troll

    Linux this, Linux that...

    Linux is marginal (abysmal market share), let's talk about Windows, I propose one week without Linux on front page.

  3. Re:So what - we are all NAT'ed anyway? by kayditty · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why are you talking about anything? You just said "NAT router." That's the worst 'oxymoron' I've ever seen.

    This article and the people commenting in it, myself excluded, are possibly the most retarded and unqualified people to comment on a Linux / general computing story ever.