Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:30:01 +0100 From: Terje Elde <terje@elde.net> To: Robert Ayrapetyan <robert.ayrapetyan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: verify FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <0977BC22-D5FC-42FB-B75F-455215479F86@elde.net> In-Reply-To: <56CFE7AE.3080507@gmail.com> References: <56CD2EE3.5080009@gmail.com> <A6D06224-5502-4CAC-A88D-951E25466D51@elde.net> <56CFE7AE.3080507@gmail.com>
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> On 26 Feb 2016, at 06:50, Robert Ayrapetyan <robert.ayrapetyan@gmail.com> w= rote: >=20 > Yeah, finally I've decided to re-install from an official iso. > I've found some services in crontab I didn't liked at all - they were subm= itting a lot of info to a third-party servers (officially for monitoring pur= poses). > p.s. Under "instance" I mean a dedicated unmanaged server. With a dedicated unmanaged, a reinstall would be my preference as well. Ther= e's an interesting option for this, called mfsBSD. It can be a bit of hassle= to set it up the first time (just a bit), but once it's up, it'll give you a= n image that you can simply dd onto the harddrive(s), and boot from. It then= runs only in memory, no longer dependent on the drives, and allows you to s= sh in, and do an install just like you would from a dvd.=20 The reason that it can be a slight hassle, is that unless your provider has D= HCP, you'd have to configure IP etc in the image, so it'd be able to bring u= p networking correctly.=20 Other options that can be interesting for setups like this, is using geli fo= r disk-encryption.=20 Terje
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