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Re: making Debian secure by default

From tomas@tuxteam.de
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: making Debian secure by default
Date 2024-03-28 21:20 +0100
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 03:23:48PM -0400, Lee wrote:

[...]

> I disagree.  I don't think I'm qualified to make an adequate threat
> analysis for a Debian system and yet

Nobody is. The threat analysis for my virtual server "out there" is
totally different (sshd, exim, http(s), git running on external ports,
yadda, yadda), but running 24/7 in some physically protected data
center; for my laptop, most of the time behind a firewall, but running
a web browser *and* phisically insecure (can be stolen/left behind).

So in the first case it makes sense to focus on network hardening,
whereas disk encryption is an unnecessary hassle (ever tried to boot
from a LUKS disk remotely? Yes, I know it /can/ be done). In the
second case disk encryption is a /must/ (as it is to keep up to date
with it).

How would you make a threat analysis "for Debian"? That makes no
sense. The only you can do is to document the security properties of
each and every component and use that as a toolkit for your particular
use case.

Security, as Bruce Schneier [1] says, is a process. Not a product.

Cheers

[1] https://www.schneier.com/
-- 
t

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making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-27 22:40 +0100
  Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-28 00:10 +0100
    Re: making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 05:30 +0100
      Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-28 14:40 +0100
        Re: making Debian secure by default Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-03-28 16:30 +0100
          Re: making Debian secure by default Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2024-03-28 16:50 +0100
            Re: making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 19:20 +0100
              Re: making Debian secure by default Ralph Aichinger <ra@h5.or.at> - 2024-03-29 08:50 +0100
              Re: making Debian secure by default Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-03-29 20:10 +0100
              Re: making Debian secure by default Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-03-29 20:40 +0100
          Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-28 17:00 +0100
            Re: making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 21:20 +0100
          Re: making Debian secure by default Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2024-03-28 18:50 +0100
            Re: making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 20:40 +0100
            Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-29 18:00 +0100
              Re: making Debian secure by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-03-29 18:30 +0100
                Re: making Debian secure by default Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2024-03-29 18:50 +0100
                Re: making Debian secure by default Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2024-04-01 02:30 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-04-01 03:50 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2024-04-01 05:00 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2024-04-01 10:40 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-04-06 09:50 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2024-04-06 09:50 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-04-06 09:51 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-04-06 09:50 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-04-06 09:50 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2024-04-06 09:51 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-04-06 09:51 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-04-06 09:51 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2024-04-06 09:52 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2024-04-06 09:52 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-04-06 09:51 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2024-04-06 09:51 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-04-06 09:52 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2024-04-06 09:52 +0200
                Re: making Debian secure by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-04-06 09:52 +0200
              Re: making Debian secure by default Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2024-03-29 18:50 +0100
                Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-29 21:00 +0100
                Re: making Debian secure by default Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2024-03-30 17:10 +0100
          Re: making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 19:10 +0100
            Re: making Debian secure by default Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 23:20 +0100
    Re: making Debian secure by default Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr> - 2024-03-28 17:30 +0100
      Re: making Debian secure by default Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr> - 2024-03-28 18:10 +0100
      Re: making Debian secure by default Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-03-28 18:10 +0100
        Re: making Debian secure by default Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr> - 2024-03-28 18:10 +0100
  Re: making Debian secure by default jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 00:40 +0100
    Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-28 00:50 +0100
      Re: making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 05:50 +0100
  Re: making Debian secure by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-03-28 06:20 +0100
    Re: making Debian secure by default Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> - 2024-03-28 06:30 +0100
      Re: making Debian secure by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-03-28 08:20 +0100
      Re: making Debian secure by default Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2024-03-28 12:20 +0100
        Re: making Debian secure by default Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> - 2024-03-28 12:40 +0100
          Re: making Debian secure by default David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-03-28 21:40 +0100
            Re: making Debian secure by default Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> - 2024-03-29 10:40 +0100
              Re: making Debian secure by default David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-03-30 04:00 +0100
    Re: making Debian secure by default Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2024-03-28 15:50 +0100
    Re: making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 17:30 +0100
      Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-28 18:10 +0100
        Re: making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 21:50 +0100
      Re: making Debian secure by default tomas@tuxteam.de - 2024-03-28 18:30 +0100
        Re: making Debian secure by default Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 20:30 +0100
          Re: making Debian secure by default Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-03-28 20:30 +0100
            Re: making Debian secure by default Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2024-03-28 21:50 +0100
          Re: making Debian secure by default tomas@tuxteam.de - 2024-03-28 21:20 +0100
            Re: making Debian secure by default Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2024-03-29 17:10 +0100
              Re: making Debian secure by default debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-03-29 21:50 +0100
    Re: making Debian secure by default debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-03-28 22:50 +0100
  Re: making Debian secure by default Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> - 2024-03-28 12:10 +0100
    Re: making Debian secure by default Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-03-28 17:30 +0100
    Re: making Debian secure by default Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2024-03-28 17:30 +0100
      Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-28 17:40 +0100
  Re: making Debian secure by default Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2024-03-28 21:50 +0100
  Re: making Debian secure by default Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2024-03-28 21:50 +0100
  Re: making Debian secure by default Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-03-29 16:40 +0100
  Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-31 21:10 +0200
    Re: making Debian secure by default Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2024-03-31 21:30 +0200
      Re: making Debian secure by default gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-03-31 22:30 +0200
        Re: making Debian secure by default Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-31 23:20 +0200
          Re: making Debian secure by default gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-04-01 01:00 +0200

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