Comment by evan_
3 years ago
> It is eye opening to me that a lot of web traffic is malicious.
you should work from the assumption that ALL network traffic is malicious.
3 years ago
> It is eye opening to me that a lot of web traffic is malicious.
you should work from the assumption that ALL network traffic is malicious.
This is absurd. If all network traffic is malicious, just unplug your device. Boom, more secure.
At least some traffic is expected to be valid, but the majority will not if internet facing.
Google “Linux hardening for beginners hacker news” there are articles with easy steps and thoughtful comments from time to time.
OK, then work from the assumption that all network traffic is suspect.
There ya go
> If all network traffic is malicious, just unplug your device. Boom, more secure.
I'm not sure why you're saying that like it's ridiculous, it's just plainly true.
Obviously it’s not true. Or you’d have no legit traffic
This is spot-on, especially given the topic of hosting and protecting a server.
If you assume that it is all malicious, (and much/most of it is), you stand a better chance of fending an attack.