user-sysmaint-split: multiple boot modes for better security |
Kicksecure increases safety by enforcing use of separate accounts for daily use and administrative tasks. This is called user-sysmaint-split. It prevents daily used, high-risk software with large attack surface that can be hacked such as a web browser from gaining full administrative (“root”) access. Therefore, otherwise trivial deployment of rootkits and firmware trojans (a type of malware / hardware backdoor) is prevented. |
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Everything im doing is the normal way, go into main system to check/update. However, does that mean I cant install things from the daily use instance?
Sorry, im just trying to grasp everything about this system, please forgive me.