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= SEC830 - Security Issues =
Here's a good article about [http://blogs.gurulabs.com/aaron/2008/10/shadowed-passwords.html passwords and encryption] on Linux.
== Lab Notes ==
Here's the place to put notes dealing with our labs. For example, problems we ran into and their solutions; things we discovered; weird results, etc. etc. (But please, NOT the answers to the questions before the due dates.)
[[ 2009_SEC830_LAB01 | Lab #1 ]]
[[ 2009_SEC830_LAB02 | Lab #2 ]]
[[ 2009_SEC830_LAB03 | Lab #3 ]]
[[ 2009_SEC830_LAB04 | Lab #4 ]]
[[ 2009_SEC830_LAB05 | Lab #5 ]]
== Subject Description ==
* System Security - 15%
** monitoring accounts
** system logs
* Network Security - 20%
** trusted hosts
** TCP wrppers
** securing network services
** firewalls
* The Secure Shell (SSH) - 10%
** Installation installation, configuration and Configurationuse
* Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) - 10%
** Installationinstallation, Configurationconfiguration, Administrationadministration
* Security Tools - 15%
** Tripwiretripwire, Crackcrack, Satansatan, Saintsaint** Root kits** Tigertiger, COPS** Sniffers sniffers (tcpdump, sniffit, kismet)** Port port Scanning using nmap
* Intrusion Prevention Mandatory Access Controls - 10%** AppArmor
** SELinux
=== Prescribed Text ===
* Hack NotesNone: Linux and Unix Security Portable Reference by Nitesh Dhanjani; ISBN 0-07-222786-9 published by McGraw-Hill/OsborneWeb links to relevant information will be given during the semester.
=== Reference Material ===
