FreeBSD security hardening: A sysadmin's guide to fixing poor default configurations
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jruohonen
21d ago· 38 min readenInsight
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Summary
A critical analysis of FreeBSD's default security configurations, documenting specific hardening changes a sysadmin should make after a vanilla install. The article covers network performance tweaks, security hardening measures, and critiques FreeBSD's development ecosystem for its resistance to change and reluctance to replace outdated components with modern alternatives.
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· 3 pulledThis 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 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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