Chapter 10. Securing Your System

THE FOLLOWING LINUX PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • 1.110.1 Perform security administration tasks (weight: 3)

  • 1.110.2 Set up host security (weight: 3)

  • 1.110.3 Securing data with encryption (weight: 3)

Securing Your System

Warning

There is no such thing as a 100 percent secure computer. You can take steps to improve security, but no one step or set of steps will absolutely guarantee that you'll have no problems. You must decide for yourself (or the organization for which you work must decide) just how much effort to put into securing your systems and live with the level of threat that remains. This chapter's ...

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