Linux Essentials for Cybersecurity Pearson uCertify

Introduction

Distributions and Key Components

• Introducing Linux
• Linux Distributions
• Installing Linux
• Summary

Working on the Command Line

• File Management
• Shell Features
• Advanced Commands
• Summary

Getting Help

• Man Pages
• Command Help Options
• The help Command
• The info Command
• The /usr/share/doc Directory
• Internet Resources
• Summary

Editing Files

• The vi Editor
• Additional Editors
• Summary

When Things Go Wrong

• The Science of Troubleshooting
• Notifying Users
• Summary

Managing Group Accounts

• What Are Groups Used For?
• Managing Groups
• Summary

Managing User Accounts

• The Importance of User Accounts
• Managing Users
• Network-Based User Accounts
• Using su and sudo
• Restricting User Accounts
• Summary

Develop an Account Security Policy

• Introducing Kali Linux
• Security Principles
• Creating a Security Policy
• Securing Accounts
• Security Tools
• Summary

File Permissions

• Standard Permissions
• Default Permissions
• Special Permissions
• Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• Changing Ownership
• File Attributes
• Introduction to SELinux
• Summary

Manage Local Storage: Essentials

• Filesystem Essentials
• Filesystem Types
• Additional Filesystem Tools
• Mounting Filesystems
• Summary

Manage Local Storage: Advanced Features

• Encrypted Filesystems
• Managing autofs
• Logical Volume Manager
• Disk Quotas
• Hard and Soft Links
• Summary

Manage Network Storage

• Samba
• Network File System
• Summary

Develop a Storage Security Policy

• Developing the Plan
• Backing Up Data
• Summary

crontab and at

• Using crontab
• Using at
• Summary

Scripting

• Linux Programming
• Basics of BASH Scripting
• Flow Control Statements
• User Interaction
• Using Command Substitution
• Additional Information
• Summary

Common Automation Tasks

• Exploring Scripts that Already Exist on Your System
• Creating Your Own Automation Scripts
• Summary

Develop an Automation Security Policy

• Securing crontab and at
• Securing BASH Scripts
• Summary

Networking Basics

• Network Terminology
• IPv4 Versus IPv6
• IPv4 Addresses
• Common Protocol Suites
• Network Ports
• Summary

Network Configuration

• Ethernet Network Interfaces
• Persistent Network Configurations
• Network Troubleshooting Commands
• Access to Wireless Networks
• Summary

Network Service Configuration: Essential Services

• DNS Servers
• Zone Files
• Securing BIND
• DHCP Server
• Email Servers
• Managing Local Email Delivery
• Remote Email Delivery
• Summary

Network Service Configuration: Web Services

• Apache Web Server
• Basic Apache Web Server Configuration
• Apache Web Server Security
• Virtual Hosts
• HTTPS
• SSL and Apache
• Proxy Servers
• Summary

Connecting to Remote Systems

• LDAP
• FTP Servers
• Secure Shell
• Summary

Develop a Network Security Policy

• Kernel Parameters
• TCP Wrappers
• Network Time Protocol
• Summary

Process Control

• Viewing Processes
• Running Processes
• Killing Process
• The nohup Command
• Process Priority
• Summary

System Logging

• Syslog
• The logrotate Command
• The journalctl Command
• Summary

Red Hat–Based Software Management

• Red Hat Packages
• Using the rpm Command
• The yum Command
• Additional Tools
• Summary

Debian-Based Software Management

• Managing Packages with dpkg
• Managing Packages with APT
• Listing Package Information with APT Commands
• Summary

System Booting

• Phases of the Boot Process
• GRUB
• Kernel Components
• The init Phase
• Summary

Develop a Software Management Security Policy

• Ensuring Software Security
• xinetd
• Summary

Footprinting

• Understanding Footprinting
• Common Footprinting Tools
• Kali Linux Utilities
• Summary

Firewalls

• Introduction to Firewalls
• Essentials of the iptables Command
• Using iptables to Filter Incoming Packets
• Using iptables to Filter Outgoing Packets
• Implementing NAT
• Summary

Intrusion Detection

• Introduction to Intrusion Detection Tools
• Intrusion Detection Network Tools
• Intrusion Detection File Tools
• Additional Intrusion Detection Tools
• Summary

Additional Security Tasks

• The fail2ban Service
• OpenVPN
• gpg
• Security Alert Services
• Summary

Appendix A: Resource Guide

• Resources by Lesson

CompTIA Linux+ LX0-103 and LPIC-1 (Exam 101)

CompTIA Linux+ LX0-103 and LPIC-1 (Exam 102)