Security
Hardening
The practice of reducing a system's attack surface through secure configuration.
Plain English
Configuring a system to reduce what an attacker could use, by turning off what is not needed.
If you’re new here
It usually happens against a published baseline. Expect some convenient default to be switched off and to have to ask why.
What they probably mean
“Turning off everything you were not explicitly promised.”
Interpretation offered as humour, not authoritative guidance.
Bureaucracy level
Easy · 2/5
How much government-speak this phrase carries. Playful indicator, not a judgement of anyone using it.
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