Linux Administration/Security/Configuration
This lesson covers security configuration.
Objectives and Skills
editObjectives and skills for the security configuration portion of Linux+ certification include:[1]
- Set up host security
- Awareness of shadow passwords and how they work
- Turn off network services not in use
- Understand the role of TCP wrappers
- The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- /etc/nologin
- /etc/passwd
- /etc/shadow
- /etc/xinetd.d/*
- /etc/xinetd.conf
- /etc/inetd.d/*
- /etc/inetd.conf
- /etc/inittab
- /etc/init.d/*
- /etc/hosts.allow
- /etc/hosts.deny