Month: September 2017

Remove Guest Account in Ubuntu

While the Guest session can be useful for some people, I’ve generally considered it to be security vulnerability as unauthorized users could gain physical access to some areas of your system that are not secured as well as they “should” be.

Additionally, the default behavior that allows for the username(s) to be stored and listed on the login screen are less than ideal.

Here we remove both!

  1. Create the config folder:
    sudo mkdir -p /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
  2. Create a new config file:
    sudo vi /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/10-ubuntu.conf
  3. Add the following:

    [SeatDefaults]
    user-session=ubuntu
    greeter-show-manual-login=true
    greeter-hide-users=true
    allow-guest=false
  4. Reboot

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Content-Security-Policy: block-all-mixed-content

If you are running a secure website, it’s a good idea to prevent non-secure assets from being included on your page. This can often happen through the use of content management system, or even through website vulnerabilities. A simple change in HTTP headers will help browsers to defend against them.


Content-Security-Policy: block-all-mixed-content

Most modern browsers, except MSIE, currently support this approach.
– Firefox 48+

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Content-Security-Policy: upgrade-insecure-requests;

As the web has been shifting to HTTPS for security and performance reasons, there are many methods to migrate users. One simple method is via the use of the Content-Security Header.


Content-Security-Policy: upgrade-insecure-requests;

Most modern browsers, except MSIE, currently support this approach.
– Chrome 43+

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