> Well, I think there is a little bit of both opinions here. Maybe there > are some assumptions that I have made that would be beyond the most > basic user. And I admit that this could be a failing of my writing. > I've been using Linux off and on since '97, so some assumptions I make > may be completely obscured to the most basic user. While this document > isn't meant to be the end-all-be-all document to securing a Fedora > system, I think that it covers a fairly broad spectrum of potential > readers. And, I think that it should serve as a guide to users who are > just beginning in linux, and those who maybe familiar with linux, but > aren't aware of some of the security problems associated with it. Please don't take my comment as a criticism of your text - I like it a lot. The thing is that I support people on forums and really do see questions like "I don't like Windows and I've got these Fedora discs, what do I do now ?". Sometimes even advanced Windows users are a complete state of bewilderment because of all the new concepts they are hit with (source code vs. packages, su and root privileges etc. etc.). If you hit a newbie with a large chunk of information at once they lose confidence and give up, even though they are capable of understanding it. I feel that your guide is for people comfortable enough with Linux to have the confidence to work through it, but I also feel that it's a good overview for that audience. -- Stuart Ellis
