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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening
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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

by Donald A. Tevault
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
376 pages
8h 45m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using Security Onion

Okay, so maybe the firewall appliance with the built-in Snort isn't what you need right now.  Maybe what you need instead is a full-blown NIDS. But, you're a busy person who needs something quick and easy, and your boss has put you on a rather strict budget. So, what do you do?

Security Onion is a free-of-charge specialty Linux distro that's built on top of the Xubuntu Long-term Support (LTS) distro. It includes a full implementation of Snort, complete with just about every graphical goody you can imagine to help you visualize what's happening on your network. If you can install a Linux distro and do some point-and-click configuration after the installation, then you can install Security Onion.

Note that the Xubuntu LTS ...
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ISBN: 9781788620307