published: November 18th, 2008
I’ve been using Ubuntu Server Edition for several years now as my pentesting toolbox platform. A few months ago, I also migrated my workstation to Ubuntu Desktop Edition. Recently, I also migrated my personal laptop to Ubuntu Desktop. I guess I’m officially an Ubuntu fan. W00t!
I’m not going to discuss the Ubuntu security model in detail, but in short, one of the highlights is that by default logged-in users run processes with restricted privileges. [...]

