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| ===== Advanced usage ===== | ===== Advanced usage ===== | ||
| + | ==== WSL security WARNING ==== | ||
| + | A regular Linux installation (on a Linux-only computer) is fairly secure, but a Linux installation on WSL is not secure at all, by design. WSL+Linux is designed to allow you to easily use Linux on Windows, including easily using the Linux root account without having to know any password of the Linux installation! | ||
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| + | This is not a security issue, because your installation is protected by your Windows account security | ||
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| + | You should still be aware that: | ||
| + | * Somebody gaining access to your Windows account will also have full access to the Linux installation | ||
| + | * Always make sure that only you can access your Windows account. And your LSCE Windows laptop will be encrypted with bitlocker | ||
| + | * somebody gaining access to a backup of your Linux installation will easily have access to the Linux installation | ||
| + | * You can save your backup to an external disk encrypted with bitlocker | ||
| ==== Creating a backup ==== | ==== Creating a backup ==== | ||
other/win10wsl.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/06 13:24 by jypeter
