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Protecting your systems against bad guys

LESSONS FROM THE KARATE KID

We'll show you how the lessons learned in the 1980s movie "The Karate Kid" can be applied to securing your systems.

I have noticed a worrying trend lately, and by lately I mean over the past five years. The state of Linux security doesn't seem to be getting much better. That doesn't mean we haven't made some major technological advancements: SELinux is now commonplace, and many vendors are now shipping with services disabled by default and firewalls enabled by default. But overall, I find the number of bugs and types of bugs haven't really changed much, or it's getting worse.


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