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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

You're reading from   Mastering Linux Security and Hardening A practical guide to protecting your Linux system from cyber attacks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837630516
Length 618 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Donald A. Tevault Donald A. Tevault
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Preface 1. Section 1: Setting up a Secure Linux System
2. Running Linux in a Virtual Environment FREE CHAPTER 3. Securing Administrative User Accounts 4. Securing Normal User Accounts 5. Securing Your Server with a Firewall – Part 1 6. Securing Your Server with a Firewall — Part 2 7. Encryption Technologies 8. SSH Hardening 9. Section 2: Mastering File and Directory Access Control (DAC)
10. Mastering Discretionary Access Control 11. Access Control Lists and Shared Directory Management 12. Section 3: Advanced System Hardening Techniques
13. Implementing Mandatory Access Control with SELinux and AppArmor 14. Kernel Hardening and Process Isolation 15. Scanning, Auditing, and Hardening 16. Logging and Log Security 17. Vulnerability Scanning and Intrusion Detection 18. Prevent Unwanted Programs from Running 19. Security Tips and Tricks for the Busy Bee 20. Other Books You May Enjoy
21. Index

Questions

  1. What is the best way to grant administrative privileges to users?
    1. Give every administrative user the root user password.
    2. Add each administrative user to either the sudo group or the wheel group.
    3. Create sudo rules that only allow administrative users to do tasks that are directly related to their jobs.
    4. Add each administrative user to the sudoers file and grant them full administrative privileges.
  2. Which of the following is true?
    1. When users log in as the root user, all the actions that they perform will be recorded in the auth.log or the secure log file.
    2. When users use sudo, all the actions that they perform will be recorded in the messages or the syslog file.
    3. When users log in as the root user, all the actions that they perform will be recorded in the messages or the syslog file.
    4. When users use sudo, all the actions that they perform will be recorded in the auth.log...
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