Is/are there any sort of FreeBSD distributions which change these defaults as a part of their distribution process?
Now, there are some spinoffs like DesktopBSD, GhostBSD and HelloSystem but they're very small compared to the situation with Linux where there are several major distros.
But if your focus is security, OpenBSD would be a good alternative for sure.
Some of these recommendations in the post are wrong, so don't follow it to the letter. Post is written by an angry OpenBSD fan.
The "hardening" menu in the installer is pretty pathetic if we're being honest. "enable /tmp cleaning"... wow. I'm secure now.
Please stop with that.
>"enable /tmp cleaning"... wow. I'm secure now.
That's one point, you know that. And then you do the "negative and dismissive comments" too.
>pretty pathetic if we're being honest
True it is...but not the hardening dialog or secure-level.
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