Metalhead, self-proclaimed Open Source adept and beard aficionado with a knack for technology. Notorious lurker. He/Him
Thank you for your answer.
Poor thing, it got broken in the mail! Hope you got insurance…
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Technically they didn’t name the cow… Soooo…
This is the only correct answer!
It’s a trap!
I wasn’t aware one would be able to run a docker instance of fvtt… Today I am less stupid!
On a sidenote, would I be able to use fvtt just for pf2e charactersheets? My group plays offline, and I am really struggling getting a decent character sheet and manager thereof…
The problem with AV s/w in my experience, is that they do not work very well, and hinder the system’s functioning, because they provide duplicate behaviour of existing solutions and compete with them directly.
In one instance I discovered McAfee to disable write access to /etc/{passwd,shadow,group} effectively disabling a user to change their password. While SELinux will properly handle that by limiting processes, instead of creating a process that would make sure those files aren’t modified by anyone.
People need to understand Linux comes pre-equipped with all the necessary tools and bolts to protect their systems. They just don’t all live in the same GUI, because of the real complexity involved with malware…
Security is a process, not a solution.
Well put!
I personally do not know ufw, but if it does what it must, then you’re solid.
Linux is also about choices: do stuff the way you choose to, and makes you comfortable.
My bad! Thanks for pointing out my typo
The main one everybody uses at least from my knowledge and from what I’ve used over the last 13 years is UFW. That is what you want to use.
I could easily say that for firewalld… 😃
Ufw is typically available/pre-installed with Debian based systems (Debian, Ubuntu, zzz), while Firewalld is typically available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and derivates (Fedora, CentOS, Rocky, …)
But it boils down to what you prefer, really.
I see that both UFW and firewalld are recommended… is it basically OK whichever I choose?
Yes. Whichever works for you should be fine. In the end you should be able to manage it
Look into restic, it doesn’t do exactly what you want, but it’s a very powerful backup server and standalone tool
edit typo
Yes, usually you configure your endpoint firewall to block incoming traffic, while allowing all outgoing.
Unless you’re in a very secure zone, like DMZ’s.
A very good point I forgot! Only use trusted software repositories!
ebtables
and iptables
can be very complex. And I failed my 1st RHCE exam because of them. But once you learn, you will never unlearn, as they are quite beautifully crafted. You just need to get into the mindset of the people who wrote the tools…
Look into firewalld
It has a rather simplified cli interface: firewall-cmd
The manpages will tell you a lot.
firewall-cmd —add-service=ssh
Will open the ports for your ssh daemon until you reload your firewall or reboot your system
firewall-cmd —permanent —add-service=ssh
Will open the ssh ports until you remove them
firewall-cmd —list-all
Will show you the current firewall config
I wouldn’t recommend using anti-virus software. It usually creates a lot more overhead, plus it usually mimics existing solutions already in linux. The only viruses I have ever caught using an anti-virus software on Linux are the test viruses to see if all is working fine.
Anyway, here’s my 20+ enterprise experience recommendations with Linux :
apt
and rpm
tend to have built in functionality to check the state and status of your installed software. Use trusted software repositories only. Often recommended by the distro maintainers. Stay away from use this script scripts unless you can read them and determine if they’re the real thing.Adhering to these principles will get you a long way!
edit: added section about software sources courtesy of @[email protected]
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