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Published inFeb 2023
Reading LevelIntermediate
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781837630516
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Donald A. Tevault
Donald A. Tevault
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Donald A. Tevault

Donald A. Tevault - but you can call him Donnie - got involved with Linux way back in 2006, and has been working with it ever since. He holds the Linux Professional Institute Level 3-Security certification, and the GIAC Incident Handler certification. Donnie is a professional Linux trainer, and thanks to the magic of the internet, teaches Linux classes literally the world over from the comfort of his living room. He's also a Linux security researcher for an IoT security company.
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  1. Because Linux is more securely designed than Windows, we never have to worry about Linux security.
    1. True
    2. False
  2. Which of the following is true about Linux on IoT devices?
    1. There are too many of them.
    2. They’re taking over the world.
    3. Too many of them are configured insecurely.
    4. They’re so securely configured that they’ll put security practitioners out of their jobs.
  3. Which of the following is true about automatic operating system updates in an enterprise?
    1. You should always leave them enabled.
    2. They violate the basic precept of testing updates on a test network before installing them on a production network.
    3. Unlike with manual updates, you never have to reboot a system after automatic updates.
    4. For IoT devices, it isn’t useful to enable automatic updates.
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Author (1)

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Donald A. Tevault

Donald A. Tevault - but you can call him Donnie - got involved with Linux way back in 2006, and has been working with it ever since. He holds the Linux Professional Institute Level 3-Security certification, and the GIAC Incident Handler certification. Donnie is a professional Linux trainer, and thanks to the magic of the internet, teaches Linux classes literally the world over from the comfort of his living room. He's also a Linux security researcher for an IoT security company.
Read more about Donald A. Tevault