Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks: Server Security from TLS to Tor (Paperback)  | Released: 15-May-18

Rankin begins with a user-oriented guide to safeguarding your own personal data with PGP, Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR), Tor and the Tails mnesic incognitolive Linux distribution. Next, he guides you through setting up secured versions of the services you manage every day, including web, email and database servers that communicate over TLS; locked-down DNS servers with DNSSEC; Tor servers and hidden services.ach category of solution is presented in its own chapter, with techniques organized based on difficulty level, time commitment and overall threat. In each case, Rankin begins with techniques any system administrator can quickly implement to protect against entry-level hackers. Next, he moves on to intermediate and advanced techniques intended to safeguard against sophisticated and knowledgeable attackers. An accompanying CDROM contains a full, pre-configured copy of the Tails live Linux distribution, making it simple for any sysadmin to bootstrap a highly-secure, privacy-protecting environment in minutes.eatures Demystifies high-security technologies like TLS, DNSSEC and Tor and guides readers step-by-step through implementing themhows how to systematically harden Linux servers and networks against aggressive new threatsemonstrates today best practices for protect email and other digital assets against intrusions from governments and sophisticated hackersrganizes countermeasures by complexity, so you can quickly implement easier solutions and move on to more difficult techniques when youe readyy Kyle Rankin, award-winning Linux Journal columnist and author of DevOps Troubleshooting and The Official Ubuntu Server Bookable of Contents Foreword xiiiPreface xvAcknowledgments xxiiiAbout the Author xxv Chapter 1: Overall Security Concepts 1Section 1: Security Fundamentals 1Section 2: Security Practices Against a Knowledgeable Attacker 10Section 3: Security Pract