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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

DEFT – Digital Evidence and Forensic Toolkit


While performing computer forensics, it is important that the software being used is able to ensure the integrity of file structures. It should also be able to analyze the system being investigated without any alteration, deletion, or change to the data.

DEFT is designed for forensics and is based on Lubuntu, which is itself based on Ubuntu.

Getting ready

DEFT can be downloaded from this link:

http://www.deftlinux.net/download/

Once downloaded, we can burn the image file on CD/DVD media or create a live bootable USB media.

How to do it...

To use DEFT, we need to get an overview of what is included in the OS:

  1. Once we boot DEFT CD/DVD or USB media, we get the boot screen. Firstly, we need to select the language. Once done, we can choose to either run DEFT live, or else we can install DEFT on our system.

  2. In our example, we have chosen to boot DEFT live. Once booting completes, we get the home screen of DEFT.

  3. Now, let's understand the different tools available...