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Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications, 3rd Edition
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Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications, 3rd Edition

by Ric Messier, Michael Jang
October 2022
Intermediate to advanced
500 pages
19h 57m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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The glossary section of the book with the title, “Glossary of Key Terms.”

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Glossary of Key Terms

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Access control lists (ACLs) In Linux, access control lists allow authorized users to set the permissions associated with a file or directory. Those permissions can supersede standard discretionary access controls.

Access vectors Access permissions represented by a bitmap. Commonly stored for SELinux security in an AVC.

Access vector cache (AVC) An access permission associated with SELinux.

account A PAM module that can verify account validity based on expiration dates, time limits, or configuration files with restricted users. Also known as account management.

Advanced Intrusion Detection ...

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ISBN: 9781284255881