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Once you get your OS installed, it's imperative that you secure your - installation. As Jon Griffin repeatedly warns us, "No distribution is - secure out of the box." The Reference Platform implements + installation. As Jon Griffin repeatedly warns us, "No distribution is + secure out of the box." The Reference Platform implements some basic precautions, but security is a process, not a condition. If you are responsible for a computer hooked to the internet, you are responsible for learning some rudiments of security, such as monitoring the state of a computer, maintaining patch levels, and keeping backups. We recommend these resources: -
+ Bruce + Schneier's Crypto-Gram, especially The + security patch treadmill and Monitoring First.