Well, I think there is a little bit of both opinions here. Maybe
there
are some assumptions that I have made that would be beyond the most
basic user. And I admit that this could be a failing of my writing.
I've been using Linux off and on since '97, so some assumptions I make
may be completely obscured to the most basic user. While this document
isn't meant to be the end-all-be-all document to securing a Fedora
system, I think that it covers a fairly broad spectrum of potential
readers. And, I think that it should serve as a guide to users who are
just beginning in linux, and those who maybe familiar with linux, but
aren't aware of some of the security problems associated with it.
Please don't take my comment as a criticism of your text - I like it a
lot.
The thing is that I support people on forums and really do see questions
like "I don't like Windows and I've got these Fedora discs, what do I do
now ?". Sometimes even advanced Windows users are a complete state of
bewilderment because of all the new concepts they are hit with (source
code vs. packages, su and root privileges etc. etc.). If you hit a
newbie with a large chunk of information at once they lose confidence
and give up, even though they are capable of understanding it. I feel
that your guide is for people comfortable enough with Linux to have the
confidence to work through it, but I also feel that it's a good overview
for that audience.
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Stuart Ellis