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Tajinder Kalsi
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Tajinder Kalsi is an innovative professional with more than 9 years of 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 independent 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, and he has covered more than 125 colleges and spoken to 10,000+ students.
In the past, he has reviewed books such as Web Application Penetration Testing with Kali Linux , Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing , and Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments .
You can find him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tajinder.kalsi.tj, or contact him on his website at www.tajinderkalsi.com.
Nick Glynn is a senior software/API engineer working for freelancer.com, where he provides backend and platform support across the stack using the latest technologies.
Drawing on his broad range of experience from Board Bring up, Linux driver development and systems development through to full stack deployments, web app development and security hardening for both the Linux and Android platforms, Nick continues his independent efforts as a training instructor and consultant, delivering courses and expertise on Go, Python, and secure Linux development across the globe through his company Curiola (www.curiola.com).
I would like to thank my family for their love and my beautiful daughter, Inara, for always being there to brighten my day.
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When setting up a Linux system, security is supposed to be an important part of all stages. A good knowledge of the fundamentals of Linux is essential to implementing a good security policy on the machine.
Linux, as it ships, is not completely secure, and it is the responsibility of the administrator to configure the machine in a way such that it becomes more secure.
Practical Linux Security Cookbook will work as a practical guide for administrators and help them configure a more secure machine.
If you want to learn about Kernel configuration, filesystem security, secure authentication, network security, and various security tools for Linux, this book is for you.
Linux security is a massive subject and not everything can be covered in just one book. Still, Practical Linux Security Cookbook will give you a lot of recipes for securing your machine.
, Linux Security Problems , covers various vulnerabilities and exploits in relation to Linux. It also discusses the kinds of security that can be implemented for these exploits. Topics include preparing security policies and security controls for password protection and server security and performing vulnerability assessments of the Linux system. It also covers the configuration of sudo access.
, Configuring a Secure and Optimized Kernel , focuses on the process of configuring and building the Linux kernel and its testing. Topics covered include requirements for building a kernel, configuring a kernel, kernel installation, customization, and kernel debugging. The chapter also discusses configuring a console using Netconsole.
, Local Filesystem Security , looks at Linux file structures and permissions. It covers topics such as viewing file and directory details, handling files and file permissions using chmod, and the implementation of an access control list. The chapter also gives readers an introduction to the configuration of LDAP.
, Local Authentication in Linux , explores user authentication on a local system while maintaining security. Topics covered in this chapter include user authentication logging, limiting user login capabilities, monitoring user activity, authentication control definition, and also how to use PAM.
, Remote Authentication , talks about authenticating users remotely on a Linux system. The topics included in this chapter are remote server access using SSH, disabling and enabling root login, restricting remote access when using SSH, copying files remotely over SSH, and setting up Kerberos.
, Network Security , provides information about network attacks and security. It covers managing the TCP/IP network, configuring a firewall using Iptables, blocking spoofed addresses, and unwanted incoming traffic. The chapter also gives readers an introduction to configuring and using TCP Wrapper.
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