Suse 11.1 Security lockdown recepy

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Hello All,
I am looking for a

  • “security overview”
  • “lockdown checklist”
  • “best practices”
  • “performance tweaking list”
    so that i am able to seal my linux box airtight :slight_smile:

A list like:

  • Which (system) files should have which (least) permissions
  • Which (default) services do i not need
  • How can i minimize the stuff running on my desktop so that i get maximum performance out of it.

Why?
After switching from Suse 10.3 to 11.1 on the same machine it has become slower.
So now i try to find out what (extra suse 11.1) stuff i can remove to still hold the same functionality as i had before

Regards, Ronald

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Unless you have very specific needs, you should not need to change the default security.

Go to YaST>System>System services to review what services are running which you don’t need.