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Practical Linux Security Cookbook

You're reading from   Practical Linux Security Cookbook Secure your Linux environment from modern-day attacks with practical recipes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138399
Length 482 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Tajinder Kalsi Tajinder Kalsi
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Linux Security Problem 2. Configuring a Secure and Optimized Kernel FREE CHAPTER 3. Local Filesystem Security 4. Local Authentication in Linux 5. Remote Authentication 6. Network Security 7. Security Tools 8. Linux Security Distros 9. Bash Vulnerability Patching 10. Security Monitoring and Logging 11. Understanding Linux Service Security 12. Scanning and Auditing Linux 13. Vulnerability Scanning and Intrusion Detection 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Managing TCP/IP networks

As the size of a computer network grows, managing the network's information becomes an important task for the system administrator.

Getting ready

Before we start with making any changes in the TCP/IP configuration, make sure to create a backup of the Network Manager configuration file by using the following command:

Also make a backup of the /etc/network/interfaces file in the same way.

How to do it...

In this section, we will see how we can manually configure the network settings using the command line:

  1. Before starting with the manual configuration...
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