FreeBSD - a lesson in poor defaults
>This page lists some of the changes I make to a vanilla install of FreeBSD for security hardening. Some changes to increase network performance or make things a bit more sane are also included. It only covers basic changes that a sysadmin can make to a running system.
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>It could also be considered a commentary piece on the state of security in FreeBSD's development ecosystem, highlighting their strong resistance to change and unwillingness to replace old cruft with modern alternatives.
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>The project's security page says the following:
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>> FreeBSD takes security very seriously and its developers are constantly working on making the operating system as secure as possible.
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>But is that really true? Let's find out.
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>It could also be considered a commentary piece on the state of security in FreeBSD's development ecosystem, highlighting their strong resistance to change and unwillingness to replace old cruft with modern alternatives.
>
>The project's security page says the following:
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>> FreeBSD takes security very seriously and its developers are constantly working on making the operating system as secure as possible.
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>But is that really true? Let's find out.