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Re:EasyOS: An experimental Linux distribution designed from ... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Saturday September 21, 2019 @11:40AM (#21035966)
I'd rather prevent ransomware from working in the first place. Local backups are hardly sufficient anyway.
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Re:EasyOS: An experimental Linux distribution designed from ... by theamk on Monday September 23, 2019 @08:31AM (#21048262)
Why won’t local backups be sufficient against ransomware? Is it because of privilege escalation attacks?

I was under impression that even with zero days, using modern distribution and auto updates will minimize the amount of time the system is vulnerable, so for most of time, it will be sufficient.

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