I noticed when I started the load process, that “Secure Boot” was enabled on Linux. Does this mean I don’t have to worry about my system being compromised from outside the firewall because the Secure Boot is now enabled? I want to secure the PC and Linux, but have never really done this before and the instructions to secure all of the services is a step above my current ability. The instructions are a little cryptic and assumes I am at an IT background which I am not. Any help would be appreciated.
It mean that the install is compatible if the EFI BIOS has Secure boot turned on. Secure boot protects the boot stack by refusing to boot if something is changed in the stack. There is absolutely no protection of something changing things in the boot stack it simply bricks the machine until you reinstall. If any rogue process can modify the boot stack your machine is owned anyway.
IMO secure boot is pure security theatre.
" that the install is compatible if the EFI BIOS has Secure boot turned on." But UEFI Secure boot was turned off, as recommended in the release notes for Leap 42.1, otherwise I would not have been able to install Leap 42.1 on the second hard drive, as another OS. My Question is, does there exist a document that walks me through exactly how to set security, either at the Firewall, or otherwise so I can protect my machine from being attacked from hackers? Or can somebody with a lot more skill level help me secure this machine under Linux properly.