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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition

By : Donald A. Tevault
Book Image

Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition

By: Donald A. Tevault

Overview of this book

From creating networks and servers to automating the entire working environment, Linux has been extremely popular with system administrators for the last couple of decades. However, security has always been a major concern. With limited resources available in the Linux security domain, this book will be an invaluable guide in helping you get your Linux systems properly secured. Complete with in-depth explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book begins by helping you set up a practice lab environment and takes you through the core functionalities of securing Linux. You'll practice various Linux hardening techniques and advance to setting up a locked-down Linux server. As you progress, you will also learn how to create user accounts with appropriate privilege levels, protect sensitive data by setting permissions and encryption, and configure a firewall. The book will help you set up mandatory access control, system auditing, security profiles, and kernel hardening, and finally cover best practices and troubleshooting techniques to secure your Linux environment efficiently. By the end of this Linux security book, you will be able to confidently set up a Linux server that will be much harder for malicious actors to compromise.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Setting up a Secure Linux System
8
Section 2: Mastering File and Directory Access Control (DAC)
11
Section 3: Advanced System Hardening Techniques

Questions

  1. Because Linux is more securely designed than Windows, we never have to worry about Linux security.

A. True
B. False

  1. Which of the following is true about Linux on IoT devices?

A. There are too many of them.
B. They're taking over the world.
C. Too many of them are configured insecurely.
D. They're so securely configured, they'll put security practitioners out of their jobs.

  1. Which of the following is true about automatic operating system updates in an enterprise?

A. You should always leave them enabled.
B. They violate the basic precept of testing updates on a test network before
installing them on a production network.
C. Unlike with manual updates, you never have to reboot a system after automatic
updates.
D. For IoT devices, it isn't useful to enable automatic updates.