<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey Everybody,</div><div> 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. <br></div><div> On a securing aspect, I found that STIGs are pretty neat to go through. <a href="https://www.stigviewer.com/stigs">https://www.stigviewer.com/stigs</a>. 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). <br></div><div> 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.</div><div>Regards,</div><div>Anthony (RedHatAugust) Radzykewycz<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM Samuel Stavole-Carter via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">A session on improving security would be great. I’ll check out Aaron’s stuff in the meantime. Thanks for sharing!</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 10:32 AM der.hans via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Am 22. Mar, 2022 schwätzte Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss so:<br>
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moin moin,<br>
<br>
> I have been researching all the ways to harden my linux box so I don't have <br>
> problems. But some of the research I have found to be out of date so I may <br>
> check on here for things I want to harden my linux box against any type of <br>
> attacks.<br>
<br>
Perhaps we should have a presentation on improving our security.<br>
<br>
We do have many security presentations up from the before times,<br>
especially if you look at Aaron's security series.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianCluff/videos" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianCluff/videos</a><br>
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Also, Brian was having way too much fun with some of the title images he<br>
was making :).<br>
<br>
ciao,<br>
<br>
der.hans<br>
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> On 3/22/22 09:46, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> Hi,<br>
>> <br>
>> I understand there is a cyber war going on. I understand it is the worse <br>
>> so far. I hear it is coming from Russia.<br>
>> <br>
>> I moved to Windows about 6 years ago for business reasons. Those reasons <br>
>> have since passed. I do have one piece of software that runs on Win or <br>
>> MAC. So I am thinking of running that on a Win laptop I have and it will <br>
>> be isolated for the most part.<br>
>> <br>
>> I'm thinking it is time to move back to Linux for my laptop.<br>
>> <br>
>> I think we need to open a discussion on this cyber war.<br>
>> <br>
>> Thoughts?<br>
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