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Practical Linux Security Cookbook

By : Michael A Lindner, Tajinder Kalsi
Book Image

Practical Linux Security Cookbook

By: Michael A Lindner, Tajinder Kalsi

Overview of this book

With the growing popularity of Linux, more and more administrators have started moving to the system to create networks or servers for any task. This also makes Linux the first choice for any attacker now. Due to the lack of information about security-related attacks, administrators now face issues in dealing with these attackers as quickly as possible. Learning about the different types of Linux security will help create a more secure Linux system. Whether you are new to Linux administration or experienced, this book will provide you with the skills to make systems more secure. With lots of step-by-step recipes, the book starts by introducing you to various threats to Linux systems. You then get to walk through customizing the Linux kernel and securing local files. Next you will move on to manage user authentication locally and remotely and also mitigate network attacks. Finally, you will learn to patch bash vulnerability and monitor system logs for security. With several screenshots in each example, the book will supply a great learning experience and help you create more secure Linux systems.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Practical Linux Security Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Shorewall


Do you wish to set up a Linux system as a firewall for a small network? Shorewall helps us to configure an enterprise-level firewall via standard Shorewall tools.

Shorewall is actually built upon Iptables. However, Shorewall makes it easier to configure the things.

Getting ready

A Linux system with two network cards installed and working is needed to configure Shorewall. One card will be used as an external network interface and the second will be used as an internal network interface. In our example, we are using eth0 as the external, and eth1 as the internal interface.

Configure both cards as per the network configuration. Make sure that you are able to ping another system on the local network and also something on the external network, the Internet.

On this system, we will be installing the Shorewall package and then configuring it as per our requirements.

How to do it...

  1. We begin by installing shorewall on our system using the apt-get command:

  2. Once the installation is complete, try...