8.5. Preventing attacks
To detect and prevent attacks on your system, you need to use firewalls, intrusion detection tools, and anti-virus tools.
Firewalls block certain traffic from entering your environment and examine network traffic. Intrusion detection tools examine network behavior behind the firewall for abnormal patterns. Anti-virus tools examine data content for suspicious modifications and virus signatures.
8.5.1. Firewall considerations for Linux on the mainframe
One of the threats you need to assess in any environment, including a Linux-on-the-mainframe environment, is the denial-of-service attack. One part of the defense against denial-of-service attacks is using firewall techniques.
A firewall is a secure and trusted system that ...
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