Tips for privacy and security (Page 2 of 6)

hahahaha well said ... I had a web cam about 9 years ago ... didn't like 90% of what I saw and have not had one since.

Ignoring internet security because it's Linux:

A big part of me still wants to boast and say: "In the 2 years I have used Linux, I have never once had a virus or worm or been hacked".
Although that claim is true, it doesn't mean I should ignore security.

I have witnessed the effects of a rootkit on a Linux machine.
You cannot ignore internet security just because they're using Linux.

Security is crucial, regardless of the OS.

It's even better than a tarball...its a java program!

If you post the installation guide for Tor in this thread, i'll make a link to it from the first post.
Thanks,
Tuna

Edit: See next post.... and i'll make the link from the first post anyway

Last edited by Tunafish (2010-08-29 13:54:01)

Thanks Tunafish, that would great

Hi. OK I've created as a new thread, as you advised. I put it in Tips and Tricks which I hope is OK: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … -with-tor/

It's the first guide type thing I've written so I hope it's up to the mighty #! standard

Greater privacy! yes. A faster browser? Possibly.

Remove default geolocation in Iceweasel/Firefox

Type about:config in the URL bar and hit Enter. If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page.

Pref name = geo.enabled - double-click that preference to toggle it to false.

Then restart Firefox.

Source:http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/695341

Geolocation with noise:https://nodpi.org/forum/index.php?topic=1910.0

In the repos: rkhunter

rootkit, backdoor, sniffer and exploit scanner

Rootkit Hunter scans systems for known and unknown rootkits,
backdoors, sniffers and exploits.

It checks for:
- MD5 hash changes;
- files commonly created by rootkits;
- executables with anomalous file permissions;
- suspicious strings in kernel modules;
- hidden files in system directories;
and can optionally scan within files.

Using rkhunter alone does not guarantee that a system is not
compromised. Running additional tests, such as chkrootkit, is
recommended.
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It just gave me a couple of warnings ...

Here's my little noob script that backs up my essentials. It's pretty simple stuff, all it does is ask for your passphrase then it tars your documents, bin and mail folders and encrypts them and in my case uploads them to my offsite storage and ye olde external. It's not perfect but you can hack it to your own needs....

#!/bin/bash
echo "Password to encrypt?"
read gpg_passphrase

##START
tar czkf mail.tar.gz ~/Mail/*
tar czkf bin.tar.gz ~/bin/*
tar czkf documents.tar.gz ~/documents/*
for f in *.tar.gz; do
echo $gpg_passphrase | gpg --batch --passphrase-fd 0 --symmetric --armor "$f"
done
rm *.tar.gz
s3cmd -e put *.*asc s3://mybucket/backups/
mv *.*asc /media/BACKUPS/backups

Lol EOL, could not have said it better as I literally call it the samething verbatim, that's friggin' funny.
Anywho thanks tuna, /bookmarked.

@corenominal & anonymous: Thanks for looking. So probably just a coincidence here...
What a relief... i can start unpacking my stuff again.... don't have to move house...