Mastering Linux Security and Hardening: Secure your Linux server and protect it from intruders, malware attacks, and other external threats
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Packt Publishing
This book has extensive coverage of techniques that will help prevent attackers from breaching your system, by building a much more secure Linux environment. You will learn various security techniques such as SSH hardening, network service detection, setting up firewalls, encrypting file systems, protecting user accounts, authentication processes, and so on. Moving forward, you will also develop hands-on skills with advanced Linux permissions, access control, special modes, and more. Lastly, this book will also cover best practices and troubleshooting techniques to get your work done efficiently.
By the end of this book, you will be confident in delivering a system that will be much harder to compromise.
About the Author
Donald A. Tevault-but you can call him Donnie-got involved with Linux way back in 2006, and has been working with it ever since. He holds the Linux Professional Institute Level 3-Security certification, and the GIAC Incident Handler certification. Donnie is a professional Linux trainer, and thanks to the magic of the internet, teaches Linux classes literally the world over from the comfort of his living room.
--This text refers to the paperback edition.- Use various techniques to prevent intruders from accessing sensitive data
- Prevent intruders from planting malware, and detect whether malware has been planted
- Prevent insiders from accessing data that they arent authorized to access
- Do quick checks to see whether a computer is running network services that it doesnt need to run
- Learn security techniques that are common to all Linux distros, and some that are distro-specific
If you are a systems administrator or a network engineer interested in making your Linux environment more secure, then this book is for you. Security consultants wanting to enhance their Linux security skills will also benefit from this book. Prior knowledge of Linux is mandatory.
- Running Linux in a virtual environment
- Securing user accounts
- Securing your server with a Firewall
- Encrypting and SSH Hardening
- Mastering Discretionary Access Control
- Access Control Lists and Shared Directory Management
- Implementing Mandatory Access Control with SELinux and AppArmor
- Scanning, Auditing and Hardening
- Vulnerability Scanning and Intrusion Detection
- Security Tips & Tricks for the Busy Bee
