Just curious from Linux users, what if any protection software do you run? (Like McAfee, Norton type)
@nikolal hmm. True. What distro do you use? I like mint and Ubuntu so far.
@Wetrix Using Debian based so far, ubuntu and mint
@nikolal yeah that's what I'm going to goto again is probably mint ๐๐ป
@Wetrix Mint is legit distro imo
@Wetrix
Sudo lol.
Seriously, I don't run anything specialized, a firewall (ufw) and nothing gets elevated privileges unless I know how and why. I think a big part of the security in Linux is that windows is the big target, but I think user and privilege management don't get enough credit. It is really hard to get privileged access on a Linux box. Plus I think in general Linux users are more prone to maintain their system so it isn't as easy to get past them.
@mister_monster this is true. Even on a windows OS 99% of it's just common sense. ๐
@Wetrix apart from iptables, nothing much. I use privacy extensions on my browsers (PrivacyBadger etc) too.
ClamAV is quite good if you run a mail server, more to protect your users by scanning attachments though.
@michel_slm cool thanks I will look into it ๐๐๐ป๐
@opal what do you mean by principal of last privilege?
@opal I'm not sure what that stands for ๐
@opal or I can just block u for being some self entitled elitist snob. Cya. ๐๐ป๐
@Wetrix
I don't, using common sense you can avoid a lot of threats online and there is fact that there are not many viruses made for Linux in comparison to other OS