Skip to Content
Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition
book

Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition

by Donald A. Tevault
February 2020
Intermediate to advanced
666 pages
15h 45m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition

Hands-on lab – disabling weak SSH encryption algorithms – CentOS 7

You'll notice two things when you start working with CentOS 7:

  • More algorithms enabled: A default SSH configuration on CentOS 7 has a lot more enabled algorithms than what Ubuntu 18.04 has. This includes some really ancient stuff that you really don't want to see anymore. I'm talking about things such as Blowfish and 3DES, which should have been retired years ago.
  • A different configuration technique: On CentOS, placing a - sign in front of a list of algorithms that you want to disable doesn't work. Instead, you'll need to list all of the algorithms that you want to enable.

For this lab, you'll need a CentOS 7 VM and the same scanner VM that you've been using. With that in ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Third Edition

Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Third Edition

Donald A. Tevault
Mastering Windows Security and Hardening

Mastering Windows Security and Hardening

Mark Dunkerley, Matt Tumbarello

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781838981778