Re: Secure by default

2021-02-24 Thread sivasubramanian muthusamy 
Dear Stuart Henderson,

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 8:42 PM Stuart Henderson  wrote:
>
> On 2021/02/19 20:27, sivasubramanian muthusamy wrote:
> > Dear Flint,
> >
> > During installation I didn't connect the network, but after installation,
> > Yes. What would I do with a Computer that isn't connected?  My use case is
> > all about Internet :)
>
> Other use cases are available.

Could you elaborate?  Thank you.
>

Re: Secure by default

2021-02-19 Thread sivasubramanian muthusamy 
Dear Flint,

During installation I didn't connect the network, but after installation,
Yes. What would I do with a Computer that isn't connected?  My use case is
all about Internet :)


On Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 02:49 flint pyrite  wrote:

> I am not sure about your use case but to myself, my computer is useless
> these days without a connection.
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 1:15 PM sivasubramanian muthusamy <
> 6.inter...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am an ordinary computer user, installed 6.8 without connecting to
>> the Internet yet, (a friend and a technical expert recently advised me
>> in a different context: do not expose your machine to the Internet-
>> don't know what that means)
>>
>> OpenBSD intro says OpenBSD is secure by default. How is it secure by
>> default for an average user who does not get to ssh, does not use his
>> computer as a web-server or as a VM host, who does not have to share
>> screen etc? What ports are open by default and what applications start
>> by default?
>>
>> Before connecting the computer to the Internet, what other steps
>> should a very ordinary user take? Block a few more ports? Which ones?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Sivasubramanian M
>>
>>

Secure by default

2021-02-13 Thread sivasubramanian muthusamy 
Hello,

I am an ordinary computer user, installed 6.8 without connecting to
the Internet yet, (a friend and a technical expert recently advised me
in a different context: do not expose your machine to the Internet-
don't know what that means)

OpenBSD intro says OpenBSD is secure by default. How is it secure by
default for an average user who does not get to ssh, does not use his
computer as a web-server or as a VM host, who does not have to share
screen etc? What ports are open by default and what applications start
by default?

Before connecting the computer to the Internet, what other steps
should a very ordinary user take? Block a few more ports? Which ones?

Thank you.

Sivasubramanian M