Linux Security (LF416) - Course Outline

1. Security Concepts
• Overview
• Security As A Process
• Security In Depth
• Three Core Principles
• Best Practices
• Cryptography
2. Threats \& Risk Assessment
• Overview
• Risk Assessment
• Attackers
• Kinds Of Attacks
• Summary
3. Physical Access
• Overview
• Boot Sequence
• Common Attacks
• Removable Media
• Cryptography
• Summary
4. Kernel Vulnerabilities
• Overview
• Concepts
• Bugs
• Mitigation
5. Application Vulnerabilities
• Overview
• Concepts
• Features
• Historical
6. Denial Of Service
• Overview
• Concepts
• Local Attacks
• Remote Attacks
• Historical Examples
7. Local Authentication
• Overview
• Passwords
• Hardware Tokens
• Summary
8. Remote Authentication
• Overview
• Passwords
• Public Key Cryptography
• One Time Pads
• Distributed Authentication
9. Local System Security
• Overview
• Standard Unix Permissions
• Advanced Unix Permissions
• Summary
10. Network Security
• Overview
• Kernel Tuning
• Remote Exploits
• Remote Trust
11. Remote Access
• Overview
• Bad Protocols
• SSH
• Tunneling
• Virtual Private Networking
• IPv6
12. Packet Filtering
• Overview
• Protocol Overview
• Packet Filtering
• Packet Filtering in Linux
• Tables
• The Filter Table
• The NAT Table
• The Mangle Table
• Targets
• State
• LOGGING
• Network Address Translation
13. Network Security
• Overview
• Kernel Tuning
• Remote Exploits
• Remote Trust
• Summary
14. Security Tools Overview
• Overview
• Summary
15. Logging
• Overview
• Summary
16. Auditing \& Detection
• Overview
• Vulnerability Detection
• Intrusion Detection
• Summary
17. Response \& Mitigation
• Overview
• Policy
• Escalation
• Summary

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