Re: Debian secure by default?

[andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:

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On 05/17/08 03:51, Rico Secada wrote:
  

On Fri, 16 May 2008 19:47:10 -0500
"Christofer C. Bell" <christofer.c.bell@gmail.com> wrote:

    

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Rico Secada <coolzone@it.dk> wrote:
      

Hi.

Why is Debian not setup to be secure be default?

Not everyone is a security expert so imho the system should be fully
secured out-of-the-box.
        

So, do you have something worthwhile to say or is this just a case of
"the bull elephant trumpeting to the herd"?
      

https://alioth.debian.org/projects/d-sbd/
    

A couple of missing words inhibits the ability to really understand
what that project tried to do.  Besides, it's 4.5yo and dormant.

If what you want is uber-security, there really is nothing to stop
you from running OpenBSD.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

  

Good call Ron. I opted for OBSD as my soho LAN firewall - sits in the corner, does it's thing and has been running with an exceptional uptime aside from deliberate power downs. A real workhorse. The knack was setting up the PF rules, but that's another story!! ;-)

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