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Slackware Linux began in April, 1993. For over ten years, Slackware Linux has focused on “simplicity and stability.” Everything just works in Slackware. Slackware is also considered one of the most secure GNU/Linux distributions. That being said, it does not mean that security can be ignored after a friendly Slackware installation.
This article is meant to be a crash course in Slackware security. It will detail some basic steps that should be taken before you consider Slackware to be fully installed. Again, these are basic steps – more services will require more configuration. And note that you’ll have to be root to perform the configuration tasks in this article. On to the install.
Preparing Your Hard Drive
The methods and reasons for creating multiple partitions are many and hotly debated. We will offer a secure partitioning scheme, while not sacrificing usability or making things overly complicated. In the end, having these four partitions will go a long way towards creating a more secure working environment.
/swap
Typically your swap partition is twice the amount of your computer’s RAM.
/boot
Your boot partition is where your kernel(s), and your boot loader will reside. The security advantage of having a small dedicated boot partition is that in the event your box is “0wned,” it affords the intruder a smaller space for backdoors. Also, it makes things like the size of System.map and vmlinuz easier to keep an eye on for size changes. Twenty to 50 MB is sufficient for a boot partition.
