Security in the Linux Environment

Overview/Description
To describe methods for securing Linux system resources

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration (hours)
2.8

Lesson Objectives

Security in the Linux Environment

recognize how to configure NIS.

recognize how to install and configure an LDAP server.

recognize how to configure PAM authentication.

configure LDAP and PAM authentication.

recognize the characteristics of IP chains and IP tables.

identify methods for restricting access to FTP servers.

recognize how to configure OpenSSH.

configure TCP wrappers.

restrict access to system resources using OpenSSH and TCP wrappers.

Course Number:
222680_eng