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Managing Ubuntu Server Security

Configuring Cryptography and AppArmor

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Ubuntu Server offers some powerful security options. In this chapter you’ll learn how to set up two important security solutions. First, you’ll learn how to create and manage a PKI environment and certificate authority, using OpenSSL cryptography. Next, you’ll be introduced to AppArmor, a new feature in Ubuntu Server 8.04 that helps you to secure individual applications.

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(2009). Managing Ubuntu Server Security. In: Pro Ubuntu Server Administration. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1623-0_11

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