Re: Linux Web Server Hardening (LAMP + Wiki)

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013, at 07:53 AM, Ansgar Wiechers wrote:
> On 2013-01-28 Eric Furman wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013, at 04:31 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> >> Is anyone aware of a hardening guide for a Linux LAMP server with a
> >> Wiki component?
> >> 
> >> I have an older Linux Server hardening book, but nothing recent. I
> >> have not seen a Wiki hardening document.
> > 
> > Don't use Linux. It is insecure. Use Windows or one of the BSDs.
> > All are much more secure.
> 
> Do you have an argument to go with that opinion?

Yes. I hate all Microsoft products, but they have made serious efforts
to
improve the security of their products. On the other hand, with a few
notable exceptions, Linux hackers not only have no concern for security
some of them even have an open hostility and disdain for it;
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Linus+Torvalds+security

AAAAAnd everyone runs X. X is quite possibly the most insecure piece
of crap that everybody runs on their systems. The X consortium knows
this and has repeatedly refused to even address the issue. To paraphrase
a well known UNIX security expert, X doesn't act like root. It acts like
the
f*****g Kernal!
Microsoft, on the other hand, has already fixed this issue.
Who's more insecure now?

P.S. You're all crackpots who don't understand security.
//xkcd.com/1166/

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