cyber war / moving back to Linux

Tue Mar 22 15:12:40 MST 2022

Hey this guy motioned moving from Chrome to Firefox.  Any thoughts?  
Quick search says FF is the default for Linux.  I use Chrome on Win and 
I do not recall why because I have FF installed also.

On 2022-03-22 12:08, greg zegan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Has anyone used or heard of this?
> 
> Why This Is The Operating System Edward Snowden Recommends [1]
> 
> WHY THIS IS THE OPERATING SYSTEM EDWARD SNOWDEN RECOMMENDS
> 
>  On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 12:04:37 PM MST, Anthony Radzykewycz via
> PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey Everybody,
>    I'm fortunate enough to have a unique perspective on this topic.
> Without going into any detail at all (mostly because I have steered
> clear of being an active participant), I can say that there are ways
> to get involved. That'd be of your own accord, but I was provided a
> link earlier by a colleague.
> 
>    On a securing aspect, I found that STIGs are pretty neat to go
> through. https://www.stigviewer.com/stigs. They suck if you have to go
> through them a bunch of times, but the first set that I did was really
> illuminating to the settings available on systems. I know there has
> always been the opinion that Linux is more secure than Windows (and
> Mac is more secure than Linux), but my experience with this claim is
> different. I understand Apple devices to be amongst the worst...
> Either way, more than the OS, applications are where a lot of vulns
> exist. Windows systems are certainly more targeted, and the user-base
> is usually of a different caliber than Linux users (Linux users tend
> to learn a bit more than your typical end user). Regardless of this, I
> think most of the hackers at my org are much more familiar with Linux
> hacking (as it's more prevalent and easier to get access to learning
> resources).
> 
>    Sorry to go off-tangent here, but I wanted to share my perspective
> (as a 'hacker'). Check out the STIGs and let me know what you all
> think. Of course, it depends on what you are running, but as you'll
> see, STIGs are quite extensive.
> Regards,
> Anthony (RedHatAugust) Radzykewycz
> 
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM Samuel Stavole-Carter via
> PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 
>> A session on improving security would be great. I’ll check out
>> Aaron’s stuff in the meantime. Thanks for sharing!
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 10:32 AM der.hans via PLUG-discuss
>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Am 22. Mar, 2022 schwätzte Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss so:
>>> 
>>> moin moin,
>>> 
>>>> I have been researching all the ways to harden my linux box so I
>>> don't have
>>>> problems. But some of the research I have found to be out of
>>> date so I may
>>>> check on here for things I want to harden my linux box against
>>> any type of
>>>> attacks.
>>> 
>>> Perhaps we should have a presentation on improving our security.
>>> 
>>> We do have many security presentations up from the before times,
>>> especially if you look at Aaron's security series.
>>> 
>>> https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianCluff/videos
>>> 
>>> Also, Brian was having way too much fun with some of the title
>>> images he
>>> was making :).
>>> 
>>> ciao,
>>> 
>>> der.hans
>>> 
>>>> On 3/22/22 09:46, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I understand there is a cyber war going on.  I understand it is
>>> the worse
>>>>> so far.  I hear it is coming from Russia.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I moved to Windows about 6 years ago for business reasons.
>>> Those reasons
>>>>> have since passed.  I do have one piece of software that runs
>>> on Win or
>>>>> MAC.  So I am thinking of running that on a Win laptop I have
>>> and it will
>>>>> be isolated for the most part.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm thinking it is time to move back to Linux for my laptop.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think we need to open a discussion on this cyber war.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thoughts?
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