Requirements: UNIX Systemadministration Basics

Duration: 3 Days

Target: General System Security and UNIX Specifics


Contents:

Why UNIX Security
Recognizing Your Needs
Risk Assessment & Cost-Benefit Analysis
Policies
General and Hardware Risks
Hardware and Redundancy Considerations
Backup and Maintenance Strategies

The User - Problem No 1
Permissions
Avoiding Backdoors
User Training and User Responsibility
UNIX-Filesystems
suid-Bits and Special Files

Cryptography
History and Basics
Methods and Algorythms
Public Key Systems

Logging
Important Log-Files
The syslog-facility

Connecting outside
Telephon and Modem Connections
TCP/IP Services and Daemons
WWW-Problems and Apache

Firewalls and Packet Filtering

After the Fall - Recognizing the break-in
Limiting the damage

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