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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

Tripwire


With the increasing number of attacks on servers nowadays, administering the server securely is becoming a complex problem. It is difficult to be sure that every attack has been effectively blocked.

Tripwire is a host-based Intrusion Detection System (IDS), which can be used to monitor different filesystem data points and then alert us if any file gets modified or changed.

Getting Ready

We only need to install the Tripwire package on our Linux system to configure our IDS. In the next section, we will see how to install and configure the tool.

How to do it...

We will discuss how to install and configure Tripwire on our Ubuntu system in the following steps:

  1. The first step will be to install the Tripwire package using apt-get, as shown here:

  2. During the installation process it will show an information window. Press OK to continue.

  3. In the next window select Internet Site for type of mail configuration and press OK:

  4. The next window will will ask for the system mail name. Enter the domain name...