The FreeBSD man page on security
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[deleted] · 2010-07-28 16:03

wow never seen that one before. that's very well written.

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gthank · 2010-07-28 16:14

I agree. I especially love that it's actually a man page. To me, that
elevates it over similarly awesome articles in various Handbooks, such
as the [Gentoo Security
Handbook](http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/security-
handbook.xml), even though the content in the man page seems to be a
dupe of the [security chapter in the FreeBSD
handbook](http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/securing-
freebsd.html)

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ddelony1 · 2010-08-26 19:23

You could simplify the page to a few things:

* Don't run services you don't need.
* Keep everything patched.
* Guard the root account and /etc/passwd with your life.