This instructor-led course will walk you through the many risks and threats that exist, show you how to use best practices and other open-source tools to mitigate or counteract those threats, and teach you what you need to know to detect and recover from those attacks that do happen.
Linux Security (LFS416)




Linux Foundation Training
Linux Foundation Certifications
Linux Foundation Digital Badges
Laboratory Exercises, Solutions and Resources
E-Learning Course: LFS216
Distribution Details
Labs
Security Basics

Prevention
Detection
Reaction
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Threats and Risk Assessment

Trade Offs
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Physical Access

Understanding the Linux Boot Process
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Logging

journald Services
The Linux Kernel Audit Daemon
Linux Firewall Logging
Log Reports
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Auditing and Detection

Detecting an Attack
Intrusion Detection Systems
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Application Security

Resource Access Control
Mitigation Techniques
Policy Based Access Control Frameworks
Real World Example
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Kernel Vulnerabilities

Mitigating Kernel Vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities Examples
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Authentication

Hardware Tokens
Biometric Authentication
Network and Centralized Authentication
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Local System Security

Advanced UNIX Permissions
Filesystem Integrity
Filesystem Quotas
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Network Security

Remote Exploits
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Network Services Security

Web Server
File Servers
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Denial of Service

Mitigation Techniques
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Remote Access

SSH
IPSEC VPNs
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Firewalling and Packet Filtering

Netfilter Implementation
Netfilter rule management
Mitigate Brute Force Login Attempts
nft Concepts
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Response and Mitigation

Handling Incident Aftermath
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Compliance testing with OSCAP

OpenSCAP
SCAP Workbench
Command Line Scan
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- Have a solid understanding of core local system administration and networking concepts equivalent to that obtained from LFS301 Linux System Administration and LFS311 Linux Networking and Administration.
- Be experienced with Linux (or more generally UNIX), especially at the command line level.