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Linux Hardening Guide / Linux is Insecure (madaidans-insecurities.github.io)

submitted 1 week ago by BigHeadMode@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Writeup from 2022 that I assume is mostly still valid. TLDR:

Mainstream Linux is less secure than macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS. (Elsewhere: "[iOS/Android] were designed with security as a foundational component. They were built with sandboxing, verified boot, modern exploit mitigations and more from the start. As such, they are far more locked down than other platforms and significantly more resistant to attacks.")
Move as much activity outside the core maximum privilege OS as possible.
OP doesn't mention immutable OS, but I assume they help a lot.
Create a threat model and use it to guide your time and money investments in secure computing.

Once you have hardened the system as much as you can, you should follow good privacy and security practices:

Disable or remove things you don't need to minimise attack surface.

Stay updated. Configure a cron job or init script to update your system daily.

Don't leak any information about you or your system, no matter how minor it may seem.

Follow general security and privacy advice.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Best thing would be for you to just search what exploits a firewall protects against because its not just open ports. I would link stuff but you are discounting what I linked earlier that Ubuntu ships with firewall off; by nature the most popular distro is less secure because of that.

So no point me wasting time if you aren't interested in it.

Edit: sorry if tone seems bad, its not intentionally that way.