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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

Helix


When performing forensic analysis, we have to look at the filesystem at a minute level and analyze many things, such as the execution of programs, downloading of files, creation of files, and so on.

In such situations, its best to create a forensic image of the disk to be analyzed as soon as analysis starts. Helix is the best option for creating such images.

Helix is a Linux-based live CD used for the purpose of forensic investigation and incident response.

Getting ready

Helix is available in both free and commercial forms, and its free version can be downloaded from the following link:

http://www.e-fense.com/products.php

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

How to do it?

To demonstrate the use of Helix, we can either install it on our system, or else we can use the live CD/DVD or USB media, as follows:

  1. To use Helix, we boot our system using the live CD of Helix. From the first screen that appears, we select the option Boot...