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5 | 5 | # Installation |
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31 | 31 | - Went into Firefox and added the "uBlock Origin" ad-blocker extension. |
32 | 32 | - In order to access the [[Self-Hosting/2. Raspberry Pi Initial Configuration\|Raspberry Pi]] via VNC, I needed to install a VNC viewer. I opened the "Software Manager" and searched for "VNC". The one that I ended up installing was "Tigervnc-viewer", as it had the highest rating. I was then able to open the app and log into my Raspberry Pi. |
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| 34 | +# Snapshots and Backing up |
| 35 | +coming soon |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +# Hardening the OS |
| 38 | +Details coming soon. |
| 39 | +My risk analysis suggests my primary threat vectors are: |
| 40 | +- Malicious website (either the website itself or [malvertising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising)) |
| 41 | + - I've seen this one hit people who were careful. Risk management strategies include DNS protection (to minimize redirection attacks), browser sand-boxing (I need to read up on the Apparmor protections for Firefox) and extension protections (uBlock Origin filters). |
| 42 | +- [Supply Chain attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain_attack) , either of a Steam game or via a poisoned update to a trusted repository |
| 43 | + - Need to look into stronger sand-boxing strategies for Steam games |
| 44 | +- Malicious attachment to an email. |
| 45 | + - I'm pretty careful on opening email attachments, but I'd like something a bit more formal. At least it looks like Mint ships LibreOfice with active Apparmor profiles. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +### Research |
| 48 | +- Found this, seems promising: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=454383 |
| 49 | + - Direct link to the PDF: https://nallino.net/stockage/security/Linux_Mint_Security.pdf |
| 50 | +- |
| 51 | + |
34 | 52 | Previous: [[Laptop/0. Design Considerations\|0. Design Considerations]] |
35 | 53 | Next: [[Laptop/2. VPN\|2. VPN]] |
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