4 Best Practices for Web Browser Security on Your Linux Workstation

Posted by bob on May 10, 2017 7:48 AM CST
Linux.com - Original Content; By Konstantin Ryabitsev
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There is no question that the web browser will be the piece of software with the largest and the most exposed attack surface on your Linux workstation. It is a tool written specifically to download and execute untrusted, frequently hostile code. It attempts to shield you from this danger by employing multiple mechanisms such as sandboxes and code sanitization, but they have all been previously defeated on multiple occasions. System administrators should learn to approach browsing websites as the most insecure activity you’ll engage in on any given day.

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