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@ -135,6 +135,24 @@ Description: enhances misc security settings
previously created with lax file permissions prior installation of this
package.
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access rights relaxations:
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This package does (not yet) lock the root account password.
It is not clear that would be sane in such a package.
It is recommended to lock and expire the root account.
In new Whonix builds, root account will be locked by package
anon-base-files.
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Root
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Permissions
https://forums.whonix.org/t/restrict-root-access/7658
However, a locked root password will break rescue and emergency shell.
Therefore this package enables passwordless resuce and emergency shell.
This is the same solution that Debian will likely addapt for Debian
installer.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802211
Adverse security effects can be prevented by setting up BIOS password
protection, grub password protection and/or full disk encryption.
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Disables TCP Time Stamps:
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TCP time stamps (RFC 1323) allow for tracking clock