Security out of the box?!

Just wondering how the archlinux security is out of the box?.
Lets say you have a laptop, instal arch and fire up x and some basic applications! (know the penetration can come from any installed application).
Or having a newly installed arch computer/server facing the internet?
How secure is this, whats ports are opened up by default and so on!

cactus wrote:I imagine that qualifies as 'secure'.
Secure, but functionless
As mntioned, the base install is pretty much very secure, but relatively useless until you start installing things, so it really comes down to what you install, and how you secure it.

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