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

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837630516

Length 618 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Hardening

Author (1):

Donald A. Tevault

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

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

Samba on Linux

Samba is a Unix/Linux daemon that can serve three purposes:

Its primary purpose is to share directories from a Unix/Linux server with Windows workstations. The directories show up in Windows File Explorer as if they were being shared from other Windows machines.
It can also be set up as a network print server.
It can also be set up as a Windows domain controller.

You can install Samba version 3 on a Linux server, and set it up to act as an old-style Windows NT domain controller. It’s a rather complex procedure, and it takes a while. Once it’s done, you can join both Linux and Windows machines to the domain and use the normal Windows user management utilities to manage users and groups.

One of the Linux community’s Holy Grails was to figure out how to emulate Active Directory on a Linux server. That became something of a reality just a few years ago, with the introduction of Samba version 4. But setting it up is...