[Xastir] FIXED No iGate, please help

[Jason KG4WSV]

> On Feb 16, 2017, at 10:44 AM, Den <W2DEN at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> perhaps you could advise the new Pi user just how to protect themselves.... definitely NOT a popular subject on the web

The problem is that security is at best inconvenient,  it isn't always trivial, and it's never ending. 

For a pi or any system on the 'net:

- change the default root (or other admin) and default user (e.g. pi) passwords

- use good passwords (google that one, several articles available)

- keep the OS patched regularly. turn on automatic updates if patching isn't part of your routine. Yes, a bad patch _can_ cause trouble but unless you have the vigilance of a paranoid sysadmin you're far more likely to be burned by lack of a patch than a bad patch. 

There are other things (turning off unused services,  change passwords regularly, use layered defenses, etc) but if you cover these 3 you're unlikely to be compromised in a typical environment. 

-j