HON95-wiki/config/general/linux-general.md

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Resources

Security

• Linux Hardening Checklist
• The Practical Linux Hardening Guide

Distros

Debian/Ubuntu

• Nobody user and group: nobody:nogroup
• Release info file: /etc/debian_version

RHEL/CentOS

• Nobody user and group: nobody:nobody
• Release info file: /etc/redhat-release or /etc/centos-release

Miscellaneous

• urandom VS random: random blocks when running out of entropy while urandom does not. Use random for creating keys etc. and urandom for everything else.

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