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Celebrity Advice on Keeping Your Linux Desktop Secure |
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Source: www.linux.com - Posted by Ryan Berens
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What do Linus Torvalds, Ted Ts'o, Fyodor (creater of NMAP) and Andrew Morton have in common? They are all celebrity's in the world of Linux, and just like everyone else, they have to worry about security too. But each one has something different to say on their security.
Torvalds: "My firewall rules are also pretty anal. I basically try to not let anything in. Not even SSH; when I'm traveling, I simply cannot log into my normal machines. And I don't..."
Ts'o: "...has been running Linux on his desktop without a firewall for years."
Morton: "I rely upon a little Netgear router not having any bugs in it, and everything behind that router is just out-of-the-box distro code with various security features disabled when they start to irritate me."
Fyodor: "Update your software frequently. Most modern distributions make it easy to install updates (including security patches) for packages installed on your system..."
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