Linux security course
The Linux security course aims to teach the student how to configure a GNU/Linux machine with minimum security such that they can solve the highest number of dangers coming from common cyberattacks.
In the course, whose duration is 25h, a detailed study of the security configuration of the server will be carried out, and countermeasures against external attacks will be present and analyzed with different severity.
The syllabus for the course is:
1) Services: removal of non-used services. 2) Tcpwrappers: Usage and used rules. 3) Restriction of used apps. 4) Logs: What are they for, and which information can be obtained from them. Remote logs. Logwatch. Log rotation. 5) Antitrojans. 6) Security tools: Wireshark, nmap, ncrack, hydra, John the ripper. Kali Linux description. 7) Control and information of vulnerabilities. 8) Configuration of the /proc system. 9) Forensics: What to do upon having suffered an attack. 10) Firewall. Configuring a Firewall via iptables.
Check the timetable for the coming Linux security courses being taught at the Center for Scientific Computation.