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Mastering Linux Administration - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837630691
Pages 764 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (2):
Alexandru Calcatinge Alexandru Calcatinge
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Julian Balog Julian Balog
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1:Basic Linux Administration
2. Chapter 1: Installing Linux 3. Chapter 2: The Linux Shell and Filesystem 4. Chapter 3: Linux Software Management 5. Chapter 4: Managing Users and Groups 6. Chapter 5: Working with Processes, Daemons, and Signals 7. Part 2:Advanced Linux Administration
8. Chapter 6: Working with Disks and Filesystems 9. Chapter 7: Networking with Linux 10. Chapter 8: Linux Shell Scripting 11. Chapter 9: Securing Linux 12. Chapter 10: Disaster Recovery, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting 13. Part 3:Server Administration
14. Chapter 11: Working with Virtual Machines 15. Chapter 12: Managing Containers with Docker 16. Chapter 13: Configuring Linux Servers 17. Part 4:Cloud Administration
18. Chapter 14: Short Introduction to Cloud Computing 19. Chapter 15: Deploying to the Cloud with AWS and Azure 20. Chapter 16: Deploying Applications with Kubernetes 21. Chapter 17: Infrastructure and Automation with Ansible 22. Index 23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introducing AppArmor

AppArmor is a Linux security module based on the MAC model that confines applications to a limited set of resources. AppArmor uses an access control mechanism based on security profiles that have been loaded into the Linux kernel. Each profile contains a collection of rules for accessing various system resources. AppArmor can be configured to either enforce access control or just complain about access control violations.

AppArmor proactively protects applications and operating system resources from internal and external threats, including zero-day attacks, by preventing both known and unknown vulnerabilities from being exploited.

AppArmor has been built into the mainline Linux kernel since version 2.6.36 and is currently shipped with Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE, and similar distributions.

In the following sections. we’ll use an Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS environment to showcase a few practical examples with AppArmor. Most of the related command-line utilities...

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