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Learn Kubernetes Security

You're reading from   Learn Kubernetes Security Securely orchestrate, scale, and manage your microservices in Kubernetes deployments

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839216503
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pranjal Jumde Pranjal Jumde
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Kaizhe Huang Kaizhe Huang
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to Kubernetes
2. Chapter 1: Kubernetes Architecture FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Kubernetes Networking 4. Chapter 3: Threat Modeling 5. Chapter 4: Applying the Principle of Least Privilege in Kubernetes 6. Chapter 5: Configuring Kubernetes Security Boundaries 7. Section 2: Securing Kubernetes Deployments and Clusters
8. Chapter 6: Securing Cluster Components 9. Chapter 7: Authentication, Authorization, and Admission Control 10. Chapter 8: Securing Kubernetes Pods 11. Chapter 9: Image Scanning in DevOps Pipelines 12. Chapter 10: Real-Time Monitoring and Resource Management of a Kubernetes Cluster 13. Chapter 11: Defense in Depth 14. Section 3: Learning from Mistakes and Pitfalls
15. Chapter 12: Analyzing and Detecting Crypto-Mining Attacks 16. Chapter 13: Learning from Kubernetes CVEs 17. Assessments 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 7

  1. Static tokens and basic authentication should not be used in production clusters. These modules use static credentials, which require a restart of the API server to be updated.
  2. Cluster administrators can use the user impersonation privileges to test the permissions granted to a new user. Using kubectl, cluster administrators can use the --as --as-group flags to run requests as a different user.
  3. Node and RBAC are enabled by default in Kubernetes. These should be used. If the cluster uses a remote API for authorization, Webhook mode should be used instead.
  4. The EventRateLimit admission controller specifies the maximum limit for requests that can be serviced by the API server. On the other hand, LimitRanger ensures that Kubernetes objects adhere to the resource limits specified by the LimitRange object.
  5. The rego policy to deny the creation of an Ingress with the test.example endpoint is as follows:
    package kubernetes.admission
    import data.kubernetes.namespaces...
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