glfs/postlfs/security/security.xml
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<chapter id="postlfs-security">
<?dbhtml filename="security.html"?>
<title>Security</title>
<para>Security takes many forms in a computing environment. This chapter
gives examples of three different types of security: access, prevention
and detection.</para>
<para>Access for users is usually handled by <command>login</command> or an
application designed to handle the login function. In this chapter, we show
how to enhance <command>login</command> by setting policies with
<application><acronym>PAM</acronym></application> modules. Access via networks
can also be secured by policies set by <application>iptables</application>,
commonly referred to as a firewall.</para>
<para>Prevention of breaches, like a trojan, are assisted by applications like
<application>GnuPG</application>, specifically the ability to confirm signed
packages, which recognizes modifications of the <acronym>TAR</acronym> ball after
the packager creates it.</para>
<para> Finally, we touch on detection with a package that stores "signatures"
of critical files (defined by the administrator) and then regenerates those
"signatures" and compares for files that have been changed.</para>
&cracklib;
&Linux_PAM;
&shadow;
&iptables;
&postlfs-security-fw;
&gnupg;
&tripwire;
&heimdal;
&mitkrb;
<!--&postlfs-security-syslog;-->
</chapter>