nsa.gov — NSA has developed and distributed configuration guidance for operating systems. These guides are currently being used throughout the government and by numerous entities as a security baseline. Very detailed instructions how to do it on your system. Instructions in PDF.
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lollerskatesOct 29, 2005
Maybe they know about a weakness in each configuration and they're doing it so they can own all of our bases^H^H^H^H^H boxes.
lep__Oct 29, 2005
There is no such thing as the digg effect. And anyways, the government is always slow.
16x9Oct 29, 2005
Thanks, Zone. I'm really hoping someone will answer this for us. I really want to know,
gaspero1Oct 29, 2005
Hmm, I thought the Government's solution for securing anything was to simply wrap it in plastic and duct tape it shut.
republicoftexasOct 29, 2005
Sweet! But I am only getting about 10KB/sec
diggnationdevonOct 30, 2005
This is an excellent security guide.
tomjOct 30, 2005
flynnzOct 30, 2005
"Of all the modern *nix's in operation the ones that are already "secure" are not listed on the page. Do you see linux? Do you see *BSD?"anyone who thinks that linux is secure out of the box is insane.As a matter of fact one of our test servers running RH enterprise at work as a test dev server got hacked once we opened port :81 (took about 2 days). Our 2k3 boxes never had an issue (though I am aware it was our inexperience in securing Linux that caused this, my point is still very much valid)NO OS is secure out of the box. Only More or Less secure. And you really have to keep on top of things all the time to make sure they STAY secure.
seneyrMar 19, 2007
If this is NSA, how come Microsoft's name is plastered all over it?