Network Security Configuration

Installed your Linux system, you should keep some basic security measures to protect your system
    Firewalls, intrusion protection, encryption, data integrity, and authentication are ways of protecting against such attacks.
    • A firewall prevents any direct unauthorized attempts at access.
    • Intrusion detection checks the state of your system files to see if they have been tampered with by someone who has broken in.
    • Encryption protects transmissions by authorized remote users, providing privacy.
    • Integrity checks such as modification digests guarantee that messages and data have not been intercepted and changed or substituted en route.
    • Authentication methods such as digital signatures can verify that the user claiming to send a message or access your system is actually that person.


      system is also a gateway for a private network, the system's firewall capability can effectively protect the network from outside attacks.

      Linux security- the ones with which every user has experience are passwords and file permissions.