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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

Managing the TCP/IP network


When computers are connected to each other to form a network and exchange information and resources with each other, managing this network information becomes an important task for a system administrator.

Getting ready

Before we start making any changes to the TCP/IP configuration, make sure to create a backup of the Network Manager configuration file, using this command:

Also, create a backup of the /etc/network/interfaces file in the same way.

How to do it...

In this section, we will take a look at how we can manually configure network settings using the command line:

  1. Before starting the manual configuration, first let's check our current IP address, which has been assigned to the system automatically by DHCP. We can check the details graphically by right-clicking on the Networking icon in the top-right panel and then selecting Connection Information, as seen in the following image:

    We can see that the current IP address of our system is 192.168.1.101.

  2. Next, we check...