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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

The patch management system


In present computing scenarios, vulnerability and patch management are part of a never-ending cycle. When a computer is attacked due to a known vulnerability for the purpose of being exploited, the patch for such a vulnerability already exists; however, it has not been implemented properly on the system, thus causing the attack.

As a system administrator, we have to know which patch needs to be installed and which one should be ignored.

Getting ready

Since patch management can be done using the inbuilt tools of Linux, no specific settings need to be configured before performing the steps.

How to do it…

The easiest and most efficient way to keep our system updated is using Update Manager, which is built into the Linux system. Here, we will explore the workings of Update Manager in the Ubuntu system:

  1. To open the graphical version of Update Manager in Ubuntu, click on Superkey, which is on the left-hand side in the toolbar, and then type update. Here, we can see Update...