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by gameofdrones 3639 days ago
- IceFloor (since OS X includes pf)

- mDNSResponder -NoMulticastAdvertisements

- Hands Off!/LS

- Vera/TrueCrypt

- Samhain/TripWire

- GPG Tools

- Homebrew packages

- a password manager

- 5x DNSCrypt-proxy instances round-robin'ed with dnsmasq

- Chrome/FF

- TorBrowser

- i2p

- no unnecessary apps

- follow the NSA and other guides for securing OS X (FileVault 2, firmware password, don't use iCloud Keychain, etc.)

- use DBAN on old systems and drives

Be aware that security has to be balanced and leave a usable device, and some security measures interfere with and/or disable certain features.

And no flash/adobe, browser java plugin

References:

https://github.com/drduh/OS-X-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

http://docs.hardentheworld.org/OS/OSX_10.11_El_Capitan/

http://www.tenable.com/blog/hardening-os-x-using-the-nsa-gui...

https://ist.mit.edu/macosx/1011

https://walterkilar.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/apple-os-x-el-c...

2 comments

awesome thanks!
ELI5?