 | Level: Intermediate David Mertz (mertz@gnosis.cx), Developer, Gnosis Software, Inc.
13 Jun 2006
Welcome to the next step in studying for the Linux certification exams. This tutorial series serves as a comprehensive study guide so you can take the exams with confidence. And even if you're not preparing for Linux certification at this time, this series helps you build fundamental skills on Linux systems administration.
In this tutorial (the sixth in a series of seven tutorials on exam 202 topics), David Mertz touches briefly on a wide array of Linux-related topics from a security-conscious network server perspective, including general issues of routing, firewalls, and NAT translation and the relevant tools. This tutorial shows you how to set security policies for FTP and SSH; reviews general access control with tcpd, hosts.allow, and friends; and presents some basic security monitoring tools and shows where to find security resources. This tutorial continues preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2) Exam 202.
Proceed through the tutorials in sequence, or choose your topic of interest, from the entire set of Linux certification tutorials on developerWorks.
In this tutorial
- Configure a router
- Secure FTP servers
- Learn about secure shell (SSH)
- Learn about TCP_wrappers
- Find authoritative resources for security topics
Objectives
By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to approach Linux security issues. The tutorial is organized according to the specific objectives of the LPI exam for this topic. If you're studying for certification -- or simply building a solid foundation in Linux systems administration -- you will be ready to proceed to the next tutorial in the
exam 202 series.
Prerequisites
To get the most from this tutorial, you should have a basic knowledge of
Linux. This tutorial builds on content covered in previous tutorials in
this LPI series, so you may want to first review the tutorials for exam 202.
System requirements
You should have a working Linux system on which to practice the commands covered in this tutorial.
Duration
Less than 2 hours
Formats html, pdf
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