Prevention and detection Fundamentals of network security / Part II

06.09.00


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Prevention and detection Fundamentals of network security / Part II

Proactive measures

Site security policy

Protecting your network

Host-based protection

Tools

Strip down default services

Dangerous services

Restrict access to services

Use encryption

Encryption is not everything

Restrict users and services

chroot environment

Setting up chroot environment

Snapshot of the system

Design your network

Basic router filtering Prevent spoofing

Basic router filtering Guard against IP address trust exploits

Basic router filtering Don’t help flooders

Division of the network

Filtering traffic (1)

Filtering traffic (2)

Filtering traffic (3)

Filtering traffic (4)

Filtering traffic

Firewalls

Implement a firewall

Stay informed

Apply patches

Monitor system activity and integrity

Use encryption

Symmetric encryption

Asymmetric encryption

Digital signatures

Prevention traps

After the incident

Regain control

Analyze the intrusion

Things to check

Contact the relevant organizations

Recover from the intrusion

Disclosure of information

Global trends

Useful links

Author: Gorazd Božič, ARNES SI-CERT