All pages tagged with hardening
Hardning the Linux Kernel
This 26 page paper explores two approaches for hardening the standard Linux kernel. Address space or memory protection and access control. The author covers several well known hardening tips, including ...
Document added on March 12, 2011An Audit of Active Directory Security, Part 1
Anyone familiar with security architecture of the Windows NT family of operating systems knows that one of the biggest threats to the structure is in the NetBIOS services. Such threats ...
Document added on Jan. 18, 2011Managing Linux Security Effectively in 2004
This article examines the process of proper Linux security management in 2004. First, a system should be hardened and patched. Next, a security routine should be established to ensure that ...
Document added on June 21, 2011Hardening HTAccess, Part 3
This is the third and final installment in a series devoted to hardening htaccess to make it more stable and lessen the chances of successful brute force attacks. This installment ...
Document added on June 21, 2011Incident Response Tools For Unix, Part One: System Tools
The best tools that can be utilized in response to the intrusion threat are not ones that will be discussed in detail in this series. The tools that will be ...
Written by: Holt Sorenson and added on June 24, 2011Snort, Apache, PHP, MySQL, ACID on Redhat 9.0 Installation Guide
We will install a minimal number of packages, sufficient for a usable system. After the install weÂ’ll turn off anything that is not needed. It is an ideal dedicated IDS ...
Written by: Patrick Harper and added on March 9, 2011Solaris 8 and 9 Operating System Hardening Guideline Document v1.0
This document provides background information and detailed steps that should be taken in order to harden the Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 operating systems against common network security attacks. Please ...
Document added on April 28, 2011Solaris 8 Build Document
This document details the configuration, hardening, monitoring and vulnerability assessment of the Solaris operating system. It can also be used as a configuration standard, providing a baseline to audit against. ...
Document added on June 10, 2011Hardening Windows 2000 in the Enterprise Part One:
In Windows 2000, this has all changed. At the risk of receiving some "what are you smoking?" emails, I will go so far as to say that not only is ...
Document added on April 16, 2011Hardening Windows 2000 in the Enterprise Part Two:
This is the second article in a three-part series devoted to hardening Windows 2000 across the enterprise, as opposed to focusing on individual servers or workstations. In the first installment, ...
Document added on April 12, 2011