Linux For The Rest Of Us #251 – Enough with the Linux security FUD

Enough with the Linux security FUD

Like all operating systems, Linux isn’t perfectly secure. Nothing is. As security guru, Bruce Schneider said, “Security is a process, not a product.”  It’s just that, generally speaking, Linux is more secure than its competitors.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/enough-with-the-linux-security-fud/

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Open source tool Infection Monkey allows security pros to test their

network like never before Guardicore unveiled new capabilities for

Infection Monkey, its free, open source breach and attack simulation

(BAS) tool that maps to the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base and tests

network adherence to the Forrester Zero Trust framework.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/07/open-source-tool-infection-monkey/

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Have I Been Pwned code base is going open source

Since 2013, developer Troy Hunt has been offering an invaluable online

security tool called Have I Been Pwned. Enter your email address, and

the site will let you know if it’s been found in any known security

breaches… giving you a pretty good idea of whether it’s time to change

your password.

https://liliputing.com/2020/08/have-i-been-pwned-code-base-is-going-open-source.html

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Relax-and-Recover

Relax-and-Recover is a setup-and-forget Linux bare metal disaster

recovery solution. It is easy to set up and requires no maintenance so

there is no excuse for not using it.  Or watch a 4-minute complete

backup and restore demo. Real time, no cheating!

http://relax-and-recover.org/

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How to create incremental backups using rsync on Linux

In previous articles, we already talked about how we can perform local

and remote backups using rsync and how to setup the rsync daemon. In

this tutorial we will learn a very useful technique we can use to

perform incremental backups, and schedule them using the good old cron.

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-incremental-backups-using-rsync-on-linux

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Use Mozilla VPN on Linux and Mac OS devices right now

When Mozilla, maker of Firefox, launched Mozilla VPN, it did so only in

select regions and only for devices running Windows, iOS or Android.

Mac and Linux versions were not offered and Mozilla stated that these

would be coming soon.

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/08/20/use-mozilla-vpn-on-linux-and-mac-os-devices-right-now/

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5 Linux network troubleshooting commands

Networking configuration and troubleshooting are crucial tasks that sysadmins need to perform regularly. Some of these tasks can be challenging. However, when dealing with connectivity issues, using the right tools will assist you in achieving the results in a faster and consistent way.

https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/five-network-commands

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KDE neon

More than ever people expect a stable desktop with cutting-edge

features, all in a package which is easy to use and ready to make their

own.

https://neon.kde.org/

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GNU/Linux General Troubleshooting Guide for Beginners

In this guide, our goal is to learn about the tools and environment

provided by a typical GNU/Linux system to be able to start

troubleshooting even on an unknown machine. To do so, we will go

through two simple example issues: we will solve a desktop and server

side problem.

https://linuxconfig.org/gnu-linux-general-troubleshooting-guide-for-beginners

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OnionShare: An Open-Source Tool to Share Files Securely Over Tor Network

Brief: OnionShare is a free and open-source tool that utilizes the Tor

network to share files securely and anonymously. You might have already

come across a lot of online services to share files securely but it may

not be completely anonymous.

https://itsfoss.com/onionshare/

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Using the Linux kernel’s Case-insensitive feature in Ext4

Linux 5.2 was released over one year ago and with it, a new feature was

added to support optimized case-insensitive file name lookups in the

Ext4 filesystem – the first of native Linux filesystems to do it.

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2020/08/27/using-the-linux-kernel-case-insensitive-feature-in-ext4/

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