UNIX & LINUX Computing Journal: Linux Security Tools

[ Thanks to Jay Fink
for this link. ]

“Security is the number two concern for me as a Systems
Administrator. My number one concern is system integrity as a whole
(of which security is a part). I do not, however, spend a great
deal of time on it. I, like many other people responsible for UNIX
system security, have a routine (of which I won’t elaborate too
much about) which I follow (and change randomly) of checks, some
automated some by hand. It is, however, always in the back of my
mind, every second of every minute I am at work. Being on call –
that makes it pretty prevalent in my mind.”

“Linux has a large selection of both ported and inherent
tools that you as an adminstrator or otherwise can peruse to make
security checks and audits a little easier.“

“The rest of this document will cover each of those tools,
suffice to say it will not go into great detail about security in
general, however, I strongly recommend taking a spin by Introducing
Internet Security by Terry Sullivan. Although it does not pertain
to Linux security, it is a great article about security in
general.”

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