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What is the single most important step I can take to secure a Solaris machine?

April 26, 2017Machine Secure Solaris step

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What is the single most important step I can take to secure a Solaris machine?

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Keep the security patches up-to-date. According to CERT, many systems are compromised by exploiting known bugs for which patches exist. Simply keeping patches up-to-date, especially on “exposed” machines, will greatly decrease the chance of a break-in.