Re:Linux workstation security checklist
by sandworm101 on Friday August 28, 2015 @02:43PM
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Ya, all of a paragraph. Any security document, even something as basic as an internal policy statement about passwords, should begin with a thorough discussion of the threats that were in the minds of the drafters. Security is heavily a matter of opinion and perspective. The background on which those are based is therefore as important as the individual recommendations.
It states right at the top that the target audience is Linux sysadmins and their workstations.
> It has some good advice, but is certainly not comprehensive.
"This, by no means, is an exhaustive "workstation hardening" document, but rather an attempt at a set of baseline recommendations to avoid most glaring security errors without introducing too much inconvenience."