Linux LPIC-3 Certification – Security in Linux
Video training course for the Linux LPIC-3 Security (Security in Linux) exam. This course is aimed at intermediate-to-advanced level Linux engineers and covers more advanced tasks such as performing host hardening, requesting, signing, and managing server and client certificates and using Wireshark and tcpdump to analyze network traffic, including filters and statistics.
LPIC-3 is a specialization certification in the multi-level professional certification program of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The LPIC-3 will validate the candidate's ability to administer small to medium-sized mixed networks.
Linux knowledge is a must-have for network engineers, programmers, and cloud engineers. It's also tested in Cisco and Microsoft exams. This entire course can be completed on your home computer using a virtual machine and a free Linux distro. Security in Linux is tested in exams such as the CompTIA PenTest+ and Certified Ethical Hacker.
- Exam Code – 303-300
You must have passed the LPIC-1 exam and LPIC-2 before you attempt this one. Topics include:
- Cryptography
- Linux Host Security
- Network Security in Linux
- Access Control
- Network Security Threats
All labs can be carried out using free software running on a virtual machine.
LPIC-3 Security Careers
Network security engineers are in very high demand, and Linux is a core skill required of any security professional. Without advanced Linux skills, many of the security and penetration testing tools will not be available to you because they run off Linux.
Typical career outcomes include:
- CyberOps Engineer
- Network Penetration Tester
- Network Security Engineer
- Chief Network Security Officer
- Security Consultant
Your Instructor
Diogo Oliveria
Diogo is an assistant professor in the School of Information at Florida State University, focusing his research on network performance, cybersecurity, disaster recovery techniques for large-scale networks, software-defined networking (SDN), and network function virtualization (NFV). Additionally, he has more than 15 years of industry experience in network and Linux engineering.
He received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, and an M.S. degree in computer engineering from the Federal University of Goias, Brazil. Both his masters and Ph.D. research topics focused on network performance and security.
- Over 15 hours of video training
- Instructor follow along labs
- End-of-module exams
- End-of-course certificate
- Access to members-only forum
- Linux Professional Institute page for LIPC-3 Security
- Exam vendor – Pearson VUE
- Prerequisites – LPIC-1, LPIC-2
- Recommended – LPI Essentials
| Module 1 | Securiting Boot and Limiting Resources |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Securiting GRUB |
| Unit 2 | Resources Usage Control |
| Module 2 | Hardening the Linux Kernel |
| Unit 1 | The virtual filesystem proc |
| Unit 2 | Kernel Hardening with sysctl |
| Module 3 | Linux Virtualization and Security |
| Unit 1 | Linux Jail |
| Unit 2 | Control Groups in Linux |
| Unit 3 | Linux Virtual Containers |
| Module 4 | Host Audit |
| Unit 1 | Auditd |
| Unit 2 | Rootkit audit |
| Module 5 | Authentication Management |
| Unit 1 | Authentication Databases |
| Unit 2 | Pluggable Authentication Modules |
| Unit 3 | System Security Services |
| Module 6 | FreeIPA |
| Unit 1 | FreeIPA |
| Unit 2 | Managing FreeIPA |
| Module 7 | Discretionary Access Control |
| Unit 1 | Enhanced DAC |
| Unit 2 | SUID and SGID |
| Module 8 | Mandatory Access Control |
| Unit 1 | SELinux |
| Unit 2 | SELinux Tools |
| Unit 3 | Managing SELinux Users |
| Unit 4 | Managing SELinux Types |
| Module 9 | Network File System |
| Unit 1 | NFS Concepts |
| Unit 2 | Implementing NFS |
| Unit 3 | NFS ACLs |
| Module 10 | Network Hardening |
| Unit 1 | RADIUS |
| Unit 2 | Portscanning |
| Unit 3 | Packet Sniffers |
| Module 11 | Network and Security Management |
| Unit 1 | SNMP |
| Unit 2 | Network Management Systems |
| Unit 3 | IDS Snort |
| Module 12 | Iptables |
| Unit 1 | Iptables Concepts |
| Unit 2 | iptables command and options |
| Unit 3 | Iptables script |
| Module 13 | Public Key Infrastructure |
| Unit 1 | PKI |
| Unit 2 | Apache Httpd with HTTPS |
| Module 14 | DNSSEC |
| Unit 1 | BIND DNS |
| Unit 2 | BIND DNSSEC |
| Module 15 | Exams |
| Unit 1 | Exam 1 |
| Unit 2 | Exam 2 |
