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

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Resources

Security

• Linux Hardening Checklist
• The Practical Linux Hardening Guide

Distros

| Distro | RHEL/CentOS | Debian/Ubuntu | | - | - | - | | Nobody user/group | nobody:nobody | nobody:nogroup | | Version file(s) | /etc/redhat-release
/etc/centos-release | /etc/debian_version |

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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