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12-02-2011

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Choosing the right distro, Locked down from within.

I'm looking to put a box at a client site which will be connected to the client's home router for internet.

That box will have remote access software on it and will have untrustworthy contractors logging in and using the browser. So, I'm looking for a distro that would be LOCKED DOWN to the max from the user side.

Regardless of the distro I'm planning on blocking all possible applications, (especially the terminal) leaving only the browser accessible. Blocking all the ports and all the domains aside from the 2 that the user/contractor should access. The user will have non-admin privileges of course.

So, taking all that into consideration, is there a distro that somehow facilitates being locked down from within, to minimize the possible attack surface?

That's a home network we're talking about, so I'm considering security VERY seriously.
Can the security even be guaranteed to a certain extent with this setup, should I even go ahead with this project?

Any and all other possible security tweaks are definitely welcome, I'm a newbie so everything and all is new to me.

Guys, your thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Thank you beforehand!

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gnutls_auth_client_get_type(3)					      gnutls					    gnutls_auth_client_get_type(3)

NAME

       gnutls_auth_client_get_type - Returns the type of credentials for the client authentication schema.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

       gnutls_credentials_type_t gnutls_auth_client_get_type(gnutls_session_t session);

ARGUMENTS

       gnutls_session_t session
		   is a gnutls_session_t structure.

DESCRIPTION

       Returns	the type of credentials that were used for client authentication.  The returned information is to be used to distinguish the func-
       tion used to access authentication data.

RETURNS

       The type of credentials for the client authentication schema, a gnutls_credentials_type_t type.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report  bugs  to  <bug-gnutls@gnu.org>.	 GnuTLS  home  page:  http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/  General  help   using   GNU	 software:
       http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation.
       Copying	and  distribution  of  this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
       notice and this notice are preserved.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and gnutls programs are properly installed at your  site,
       the command

	      info gnutls

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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