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Practical Linux Security Cookbook

You're reading from   Practical Linux Security Cookbook Secure your Linux machines and keep them secured with the help of exciting recipes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785286421
Length 276 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tajinder Kalsi is an innovative professional with more than 9 years' progressive experience within the information security industry. He has a good amount of knowledge and experience in web application testing, vulnerability assessment, network penetration testing, and risk assessment. At present, he is working as an information security consultant. He started his career with Wipro as a technical associate, and later on he became an ISMS consultant-cum-technical evangelist. In his free time, he conducts seminars in colleges all across India on various topics, in more than 125 colleges; he has spoken to 10,000+ students. Tajinder is a certified ISO 27001:2013 Auditor. Tajinder authored Practical Linux Security Cookbook published by Packt Publishing. He has also reviewed the following books: Web Application Penetration Testing with Kali Linux and Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing. He has also authored three video courses with Packt: Getting Started with Pentensing, Finding and Exploiting Hidden Vulnerabilities, and Pentesting Web Applications. He is best described as dedicated, devoted, and determined and a person who strongly believes in making his dreams come true. He defines himself as a tireless worker, who loves to laugh and make others laugh. He is also very friendly and level-headed. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tajinderkalsi/.
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Preface 1. Linux Security Problems 2. Configuring a Secure and Optimized Kernel FREE CHAPTER 3. Local Filesystem Security 4. Local Authentication in Linux 5. Remote Authentication 6. Network Security 7. Security Tools 8. Linux Security Distros 9. Patching a Bash Vulnerability 10. Security Monitoring and Logging Index

Kali Linux

Kali is a Debian-based Linux distribution developed for the purpose of security testing. With hundreds of penetration testing tools preinstalled, Kali is a ready to use OS. We can run it off a live CD, USB media, or in a virtual machine.

With its latest version of Kali 2.0, major changes have been made in the OS, shifting it to a rolling release model. Now we can simply install Kali 2.0 on our system and get the latest versions of the tools in it through normal updates. This means we don't have to wait for Kali 2.1 to get the latest stuff.

Getting ready

To explore Kali 2.0, download the latest version of it from its official website - https://www.kali.org/downloads/.

We can download the ISO and then burn it to a CD/DVD or create a bootable USB device. We can even download Kali Linux VMWare, Virtual Box, or ARM images from the link given above.

How to do it...

Kali 2.0 includes major changes in terms of its updated development environment and tools. We shall explore these changes to...

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