ubuntu post installation hardening

[Hal Burgiss]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:52:43AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> That is, of course, "good enough for most people", but I have to admit I 
> find it a bit scary - it's way too easy for a user to open up ports without 
> knowing the potential consequences (say, sudo aptitude install telnetd).

I wonder how many people have computers connected directly to the
internet these days? I personally don't know anyone that is not on DSL
or cable, and connect via a router, which does NAT, and makes
accidental inbound connections difficult. But maybe thats not as
common as I think it is.

-- 
Hal