Linux Security

At a glance

Price:

GBP 675 (incl. VAT)

Dates:

Weekday: 07/10/2010 - 08/10/2010 (10:00 - 17:00)

Other dates for one-to-one tuition or for groups of 3 students or more are available on request and bookings can be made here (prices available on request):

Duration:

3 hours x 4 evenings OR 6 hours x 2 days

Description:

Linux Server Security: Logging, securing filesystems, locking down services and network access, mitigating overflow attacks, reducing information leaks.

Course contents

This course is intended for people who use Linux on a server and wish to take a pro-active approach to keeping a machine secure. It is assumed that you have configured a Linux machine as a server and are comfortable installing software from source and compiling custom kernels. You should be familiar with common administration practises.

Linux Security covers the following topics:

• Logging: What and where to log. Log summarisation and processing.
• Monitoring: What and how to monitor. Keeping attack surfaces small.
• Safe administration practices: Best practise for secure administration.
• Securing filesystems: Preventing filesystem-based compromises.
• Locking down services: Restricting network access, privilege separation, chroot'ing.
• Mitigating overflow attacks: Toolchain and library-based protection, kernel-based protection.
• Reducing information leaks: Toolchain and kernel-based protection.

Please email us (with the course name and date) at: cambridgeitcourses@gmail.com if you would like to book by email.