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1. For Firewall simply run from set-up linux-firewall wizard.
2. Simply use Fido and Spot as described in the article for non-root use.
As for this never run as root business it is a load of rot. I have run various Pups for many years with firewall enabled and I am careful about how I run my system and where I visit on the web and to be quite frank running is as non-root is not going to protect you from every thing script-wise.
Basically security is down to the end-user period.
Further more this guy asked a simple question and it deserved a good simple polite answer.
1. For Firewall simply run from set-up linux-firewall wizard.
2. Simply use Fido and Spot as described in the article for non-root use.
As for this never run as root business it is a load of rot. I have run various Pups for many years with firewall enabled and I am careful about how I run my system and where I visit on the web and to be quite frank running is as non-root is not going to protect you from every thing script-wise.
Basically security is down to the end-user period.
Further more this guy asked a simple question and it deserved a good simple polite answer.
Thanks.
I have gotten hardened to a few Linux users having a somewhat less than positive attitude. :-)
As for this never run as root business it is a load of rot. I have run various Pups for many years with firewall enabled and I am careful about how I run my system and where I visit on the web and to be quite frank running is as non-root is not going to protect you from every thing script-wise.
Basically security is down to the end-user period.
Ah, and I guess basic and approved principles of security, like the principle of least privileges do simply not apply to Puppy.
principle of least privilges do not apply to Puppy Slacko.
Principle of least privileges apply to any OS. If the Puppy developers think they don't need to implement it then you shouldn't use it for anything that needs to have at least a bit of security, simple as that.
Sorry if I sound harsh, but I am just fed up with the discussion that comes up every so often about running your system as root, where people argue "It is OK to run your system as root because of $ANECDOTAL_EVIDENCE", while every security expert on this planet disagrees with them. This has nothing to do with being prideful or stubborn.
So, yes, that is my story and I am sticking to it.
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