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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

You're reading from  Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781788620307
Pages 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Donald A. Tevault Donald A. Tevault
Profile icon Donald A. Tevault

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Running Linux in a Virtual Environment 2. Securing User Accounts 3. Securing Your Server with a Firewall 4. Encrypting and SSH Hardening 5. Mastering Discretionary Access Control 6. Access Control Lists and Shared Directory Management 7. Implementing Mandatory Access Control with SELinux and AppArmor 8. Scanning, Auditing, and Hardening 9. Vulnerability Scanning and Intrusion Detection 10. Security Tips and Tricks for the Busy Bee 1. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary


In this chapter, we saw how to take Discretionary Access Control to the proverbial next level. We first saw how to create and manage access control lists to provide more fine-grained access control over files and directories. We then saw how to create a user group for a specific purpose, and how to add members to it. Then, we saw how we can use the SGID bit, the sticky bit, and access control lists to manage a shared group directory. 

But, sometimes, Discretionary Access Control might not be enough to do the job. For those times, we also have mandatory access control, which we'll cover in the next chapter. I'll see you there.

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