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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

By : Donald A. Tevault
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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

More about OpenSCAP profiles


So now you're saying, "Okay, this is all good, but how do I find out what's in these profiles and which one I need?" Well, there are several ways.

The first way, which I've just shown you, is to install the SCAP Workbench on a machine with a desktop interface and read through the descriptions of all the rules for each profile.

The second way, which might be a bit easier, is to go to the OpenSCAP website and look through the documentation that they have there.

Note

You'll find information about the available OpenSCAP profiles at https://www.open-scap.org/security-policies/choosing-policy/.

As far as knowing which profile to choose, there are a few things to consider:

  • If you work in the financial sector or in a business that does online financial transactions, then go with the pci-dss profile.
  • If you work for a government agency, especially if it's the U.S. government, then go with either the stig profile or the nispom profile, as dictated by the particular agency.
  • If...