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OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20581/Hardening_the_Linux_Desktop Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:55:50 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Sign up to view article..... http://osnews.com/thread?338312 http://osnews.com/thread?338312 Just registered, hope the article is worth the 5 mins I just wasted filling in forms. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AbuHassan) Comments RE: Sign up to view article..... http://osnews.com/thread?338321 http://osnews.com/thread?338321 The 5 minutes you spend probably indicate it is not. Free software requires free documentation Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ParanoidAndroid) Comments RE[2]: Sign up to view article..... http://osnews.com/thread?338333 http://osnews.com/thread?338333 You were correct in your assumption.

It was a crap article. Honestly my 10yr old son knows the stuff discussed.

-5 rating Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AbuHassan) Comments You call that hardening? http://osnews.com/thread?338340 http://osnews.com/thread?338340 The article looks more like a Windows "hardening" tutorial. For real Linux hardening look into PaX, Grsecurity, SELinux, and SSP.

http://pax.grsecurity.net/
http://www.grsecurity.net/
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (abraxas) Comments RE: You call that hardening? http://osnews.com/thread?338357 http://osnews.com/thread?338357 How about Bastille? Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AbuHassan) Comments RE[2]: You call that hardening? http://osnews.com/thread?338389 http://osnews.com/thread?338389 Bastille is a swell tool, it can't be recommended enough. It will harden your system pretty well and educate you on the fly -- but it's only a first step, and Bastille tells you so. Security (as well as freedom) is not a state, it's a process. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (B. Janssen) Comments RE[3]: Sign up to view article..... http://osnews.com/thread?338425 http://osnews.com/thread?338425 Thanks for saving myself 10 minutes

But, could you give us a copy-pasta ? Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (holywood) Comments RE[4]: Sign up to view article..... http://osnews.com/thread?338500 http://osnews.com/thread?338500

Thanks for saving myself 10 minutes

But, could you give us a copy-pasta ?

The article is specific to Ubuntu but most applicatoins are available in standard distros. The basic article is as follows:

1. Install clamTk AV
2. Install rkhunter anti-rootkit
3. Install chrootkit anti-rootkit
4. Install firestarter firewall
5. Install Home User Backup
6. Install Updates
7. Password Protect GRUB Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (abraxas) Comments antivirus http://osnews.com/thread?338511 http://osnews.com/thread?338511 i will never install antivirus on ubuntu Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Mellin) Comments stop that useless login creation! http://osnews.com/thread?338750 http://osnews.com/thread?338750 http://www.bugmenot.com/view/ibm.com

and to all websitebuilders out there, please don't annoy your customers like that. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (renhoek) Comments