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A Hard Nut to Crack  

Systemd comes with a metric for determining the security of your system, letting you track how any service can be secured step-by-step in a sandbox.

Isolation Ward  

Systemd comes with two functions for container management that allow many programs to run more securely through isolation.

Home, Sweet Home  

The systemd Homed service makes it easy to move your home directory, and FIDO2 or PKCS#11 can secure the stored files.

Well-Tempered Computer  

Windows 10, build 21H1, has numerous protection mechanisms out of the box. We look at the option for delaying updates, the components and features of Microsoft Defender, and recommendations for hardening the operating system.

Fewer Memories  

Compressed memory solutions for small memory problems.

Tailor-Made  

Two command-line tools, xandr and xinput, let you optimize your X Window display from the terminal.

For Young and Old  

Develop container applications on a Windows or Mac system with Docker Desktop or Podman.

Defenders  

The Domain Name System, in addition to assigning IP addresses, lets you protect the network communication of servers in a domain. DNS offers further hardening of network protocols – in particular, SSH fingerprinting and CAA records.

Convenience  

The bpytop command-line monitoring tool provides a variety of information via a fancy user interface and supports network monitoring and mouse- or keyboard-based control.

Locked In  

Isolate popular applications in flexible, easy-to-set-up, and easy-to-take-down containers with Firejail.