Linux Operating System Security
Questions and Answers
What is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface designed to do? - answer A. Prevent
malicious actors from modifying the boot loader or booting the computer with a different
operating system
B. Prevent spear phishing and other social engineering attacks from installing malware
on the computer
or none of these
chroot confines a process to a specific directory. - answer True
GID UID and EUID stand for: - answer Group User and Effective User Identification
numbers
When hardening a Linux system you should consider doing the following - answer All
the above
127.0.0.1 is an example of what type of address? - answerIPv4
Why are there very few viruses on Linux? - answer All the above
IPSec PPTP and SSL are all examples of: - answer VPNs
What program could you use on a Linux system to securely copy files to a Linux host
running the SSH server daemon? – answer SCP
Questions and Answers
What is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface designed to do? - answer A. Prevent
malicious actors from modifying the boot loader or booting the computer with a different
operating system
B. Prevent spear phishing and other social engineering attacks from installing malware
on the computer
or none of these
chroot confines a process to a specific directory. - answer True
GID UID and EUID stand for: - answer Group User and Effective User Identification
numbers
When hardening a Linux system you should consider doing the following - answer All
the above
127.0.0.1 is an example of what type of address? - answerIPv4
Why are there very few viruses on Linux? - answer All the above
IPSec PPTP and SSL are all examples of: - answer VPNs
What program could you use on a Linux system to securely copy files to a Linux host
running the SSH server daemon? – answer SCP
