Introduction Security of a system is often overlooked or not considered important enough. Some might think not about the possible consequences, which might result in a hacked or compromised server. Maybe sensitive data gets stolen or encrypted with major consequences. A collection of tools, techniques and best pratices can help to reduce such vulnerabilities. This process is called system hardening. We have seen quote a lot of hacks and data breaches over the past years across different big companies, including but not limited to: PayPal, LastPast, T-Mobile, MailChimp, Netflix, Dropbox, OpenSea, Twitter…

I would like to share a nice ‘secret’. I want to introduce you to the Starship prompt! This is a getting started guide for Starship. I’m using Starship every day. Starship Prompt, not to be confused with the Starship from SpaceX 😆, is a cross-shell prompt written in Rust. The prompt works in any common shell you may already use under GNU/Linux, like Bash. In fact, Starship prompt works under any shell under any operating system.