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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

By : Donald A. Tevault
Book Image

Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

By: Donald A. Tevault

Overview of this book

This book has extensive coverage of techniques that will help prevent attackers from breaching your system, by building a much more secure Linux environment. You will learn various security techniques such as SSH hardening, network service detection, setting up firewalls, encrypting file systems, protecting user accounts, authentication processes, and so on. Moving forward, you will also develop hands-on skills with advanced Linux permissions, access control, special modes, and more. Lastly, this book will also cover best practices and troubleshooting techniques to get your work done efficiently. By the end of this book, you will be confident in delivering a system that will be much harder to compromise.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface

Chapter 10. Security Tips and Tricks for the Busy Bee

In this, our final chapter, I'd like to do a round-up of quick tips and tricks that don't necessarily fit in with the previous chapters. Think of these tips as time savers for the busy administrator.

We'll cover the following topics:

  • Quick ways to audit which system services are running
  • Password-protecting the GRUB2 configuration
  • Securely configuring and then password-protecting UEFI/BIOS
  • Use a security checklist when setting up your system