0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoAnd then you get hooked on it and start using it for realsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down114
arrow-up1189arrow-down1imageAnd then you get hooked on it and start using it for realsh.itjust.works0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareheavy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 months agoI know this is a joke but for anyone reading: Linux has many advantages and is great but is NOT immune to viruses or exploits.
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down11·7 months agoThough there are very few of them… at least regarding virurses.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·7 months agoThat isn’t true at all. Source: My job is hardening Linux servers against cyber security threats.
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoI think desktop Linux was implied. You don’t browse porn from servers. Mostly.
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-27 months agoBecause you CAN browse porn from server.
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoAt my job we are looking to use a hardened ubuntu image but not sure what to pick. Got any recommendations?
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoAre you guys using an AMI, or is this for physical servers? The NEMU images for RHEL on AWS are pretty solid, although I’m working on building one from scratch for our move to RHEL9
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoDoes it have to be Ubuntu, or would Debian be fine? If Debian is fine, check out KickSecure.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoHardening a server is not the same thing as running vulnerable operating systems.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoAccording to NIST it is: A process intended to eliminate a means of attack by patching vulnerabilities and turning off nonessential services.. You have to harden servers because they’re vulnerable.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·7 months agoThat’s because of the function of a server running those services. A desktop isn’t running services.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoDesktops absolutely run services that can be vulnerable.
I know this is a joke but for anyone reading: Linux has many advantages and is great but is NOT immune to viruses or exploits.
Though there are very few of them… at least regarding virurses.
That isn’t true at all.
Source: My job is hardening Linux servers against cyber security threats.
I think desktop Linux was implied. You don’t browse porn from servers. Mostly.
Tf does the “mostly” mean??
Because you CAN browse porn from server.
At my job we are looking to use a hardened ubuntu image but not sure what to pick. Got any recommendations?
Are you guys using an AMI, or is this for physical servers? The NEMU images for RHEL on AWS are pretty solid, although I’m working on building one from scratch for our move to RHEL9
Does it have to be Ubuntu, or would Debian be fine? If Debian is fine, check out KickSecure.
Hardening a server is not the same thing as running vulnerable operating systems.
According to NIST it is:
You have to harden servers because they’re vulnerable.
That’s because of the function of a server running those services. A desktop isn’t running services.
Desktops absolutely run services that can be vulnerable.