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Lilith2: /* Using a firewall */

2015-11-17T07:08:35Z

‎Using a firewall

2015-09-23T16:44:04Z

‎Safer browsing

2015-09-18T19:11:12Z

2015-09-13T10:21:29Z

‎Related

2015-09-12T15:48:25Z

‎Related

2015-09-12T15:44:08Z

‎Using chkrootkit

2015-09-12T15:43:31Z

‎Using chkrootkit

2015-09-12T11:49:17Z

‎Using chkrootkit

2015-09-12T11:16:21Z

‎Using chkrootkit

2015-09-12T11:15:26Z

‎Using chkrootkit

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 * Redirect ports to the hosts providing the service (NAT).
-If you have a single machine at home, only the first two are of interest. These are also the two that are most likely to cause issues for a beginning user.
+If this is for a personal machine at home, only the first two are of interest. These are also the two that are most likely to cause issues for a beginning user.
 === ufw and gufw ===
 ==== Enabling ====

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 HTTP Switchboard is a scriptblocker AND an adblocker. It is no longer developed. The project has split into two distinct, more advanced extensions: uBlock Origin and uMatrix.
 ==== Restricting access to browsing history ====
 SafeHistory restricts the marking of visited links on the basis of the originating document, defending against web privacy attacks that remote sites can use to determine your browser history at other sites https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/safehistory/ (and cannot be installed in up-to-date iceweasels anymore)

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 == Related ==
-* [[Linux - Installing]]
+* [[Installing linux]]
 * [[Linux applications]]
 * [[Kinky linux command-line]]

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 == Related ==
-* [[Installing linux]]
+* [[Linux - Installing]]
 * [[Linux applications]]
 * [[Kinky linux command-line]]

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	In this case it is not the cooties, but xorg listening for remote desktop connection requests. :D I have tried turning it off. Not a good idea.		In this case it is not the cooties, but xorg listening for remote desktop connection requests. :D I have tried turning it off. Not a good idea.
		+
		+	You may also get:

	<pre>Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... The following suspicious files and directories were found:		<pre>Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... The following suspicious files and directories were found:

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:43, 12 September 2015
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	In this case it is not the cooties, but xorg listening for remote desktop connection requests. :D I have tried turning it off. Not a good idea.		In this case it is not the cooties, but xorg listening for remote desktop connection requests. :D I have tried turning it off. Not a good idea.
		+
		+	<pre>Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... The following suspicious files and directories were found:
		+	/usr/lib/icedove/.autoreg /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/.path /usr/lib/jvm/.java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64.jinfo</pre>
		+
		+	These are false positives: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=789052

	== Managing passwords ==		== Managing passwords ==

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 These messages are always worth checking out because chkrootkit compares all the user processes running in the system with what is registered in <code>/var/run/utmp</code>, reporting the fact that this particular process run by root is not registered (is hidden). It doesn't mean your system has cooties (rootkits or loggers), but it might.
-In this case it is not the cooties, but xorg listening for remote desktop connection requests, and the display manager configuring for this is <code>lightdm</code> (and that you definitely want to keep!). Open up its configuration file with your favourite editor:
+In this case it is not the cooties, but xorg listening for remote desktop connection requests. :D I have tried turning it off. Not a good idea.
-−
- $ sudo geany /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
-−
-Look for <code>xserver-allow-tcp</code>
-−
-<pre># xserver-allow-tcp = True if TCP/IP connections are allowed to this X server
-# xdmcp-manager = XDMCP manager to connect to (implies xserver-allow-tcp=true)</pre>
-−
-[[File:Chkrootkit.png|800px|thumb|center]]
-−
-If you have a similar message and are using gnome, likely your display manager is <code>gdm</code> and you can use <code>gdmsetup</code> -> tab ''Remote'' -> set "Remote login disabled". Close.
 == Managing passwords ==