How's is this related to tech@?
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 12:44:00AM +0530, sivasubramanian muthusamy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am an ordinary computer user, installed 6.8 without connecting to
> the Internet yet, (a friend and a technical expert recently advised me
> in a different context: do not expose your machine to the Internet-
> don't know what that means)
>
> OpenBSD intro says OpenBSD is secure by default. How is it secure by
> default for an average user who does not get to ssh, does not use his
> computer as a web-server or as a VM host, who does not have to share
> screen etc? What ports are open by default and what applications start
> by default?
>
> Before connecting the computer to the Internet, what other steps
> should a very ordinary user take? Block a few more ports? Which ones?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sivasubramanian M
>
