Difference between revisions of "LPIC-303 Objectives V2"

Latest revision as of 04:35, 3 May 2019

Introduction

The description of the entire LPIC-3 program is listed here.

Version Information

These objectives are version 2.0.0.

The version 1.x objectives can be found here.

Translations of Objectives

The following translations of the objectives are available on this wiki:

• English
• Spanish

Objectives

Topic 325: Cryptography

325.1 X.509 Certificates and Public Key Infrastructures (weight: 5)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand X.509 certificates, X.509 certificate lifecycle, X.509 certificate fields and X.509v3 certificate extensions.
• Understand trust chains and public key infrastructures.
• Generate and manage public and private keys.
• Create, operate and secure a certification authority.
• Request, sign and manage server and client certificates.
• Revoke certificates and certification authorities.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• openssl, including relevant subcommands
• OpenSSL configuration
• PEM, DER, PKCS
• CSR
• CRL
• OCSP

325.2 X.509 Certificates for Encryption, Signing and Authentication (weight: 4)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand of SSL, TLS and protocol versions.
• Understand common transport layer security threats, for example Man-in-the-Middle.
• Configure Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl to provide HTTPS service, including SNI and HSTS.
• Configure Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl to authenticate users using certificates.
• Configure Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl to provide OCSP stapling.
• Use OpenSSL for SSL/TLS client and server tests.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• Intermediate certification authorities
• Cipher configuration (no cipher-specific knowledge)
• httpd.conf
• mod_ssl
• openssl

325.3 Encrypted File Systems (weight: 3)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand block device and file system encryption.
• Use dm-crypt with LUKS to encrypt block devices.
• Use eCryptfs to encrypt file systems, including home directories and PAM integration.
• Be aware of plain dm-crypt and EncFS.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• cryptsetup
• cryptmount
• /etc/crypttab
• ecryptfsd
• ecryptfs-* commands
• mount.ecryptfs, umount.ecryptfs
• pam_ecryptfs

325.4 DNS and Cryptography (weight: 5)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understanding of DNSSEC and DANE.
• Configure and troubleshoot BIND as an authoritative name server serving DNSSEC secured zones.
• Configure BIND as an recursive name server that performs DNSSEC validation on behalf of its clients.
• Key Signing Key, Zone Signing Key, Key Tag
• Key generation, key storage, key management and key rollover
• Maintenance and re-signing of zones
• Use DANE to publish X.509 certificate information in DNS.
• Use TSIG for secure communication with BIND.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• DNS, EDNS, Zones, Resource Records
• DNS resource records: DS, DNSKEY, RRSIG, NSEC, NSEC3, NSEC3PARAM, TLSA
• DO-Bit, AD-Bit
• TSIG
• named.conf
• dnssec-keygen
• dnssec-signzone
• dnssec-settime
• dnssec-dsfromkey
• rndc
• dig
• delv
• openssl

Topic 326: Host Security

326.1 Host Hardening (weight: 3)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Configure BIOS and boot loader (GRUB 2) security.
• Disable useless software and services.
• Use sysctl for security related kernel configuration, particularly ASLR, Exec-Shield and IP / ICMP configuration.
• Limit resource usage.
• Work with chroot environments.
• Drop unnecessary capabilities.
• Be aware of the security advantages of virtualization.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• grub.cfg
• chkconfig, systemctl
• ulimit
• /etc/security/limits.conf
• pam_limits.so
• chroot
• sysctl
• /etc/sysctl.conf

326.2 Host Intrusion Detection (weight: 4)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Use and configure the Linux Audit system.
• Use chkrootkit.
• Use and configure rkhunter, including updates.
• Use Linux Malware Detect.
• Automate host scans using cron.
• Configure and use AIDE, including rule management.
• Be aware of OpenSCAP.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• auditd
• auditctl
• ausearch, aureport
• auditd.conf
• audit.rules
• pam_tty_audit.so
• chkrootkit
• rkhunter
• /etc/rkhunter.conf
• maldet
• conf.maldet
• aide
• /etc/aide/aide.conf

326.3 User Management and Authentication (weight: 5)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand and configure NSS.
• Understand and configure PAM.
• Enforce password complexity policies and periodic password changes.
• Lock accounts automatically after failed login attempts.
• Configure and use SSSD.
• Configure NSS and PAM for use with SSSD.
• Configure SSSD authentication against Active Directory, IPA, LDAP, Kerberos and local domains.
• Obtain and manage Kerberos tickets.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• nsswitch.conf
• /etc/login.defs
• pam_cracklib.so
• chage
• pam_tally.so, pam_tally2.so
• faillog
• pam_sss.so
• sssd
• sssd.conf
• sss_* commands
• krb5.conf
• kinit, klist, kdestroy

326.4 FreeIPA Installation and Samba Integration (weight: 4)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand FreeIPA, including its architecture and components.
• Understand system and configuration prerequisites for installing FreeIPA.
• Install and manage a FreeIPA server and domain.
• Understand and configure Active Directory replication and Kerberos cross-realm trusts.
• Be aware of sudo, autofs, SSH and SELinux integration in FreeIPA.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• 389 Directory Server, MIT Kerberos, Dogtag Certificate System, NTP, DNS, SSSD, certmonger
• ipa, including relevant subcommands
• ipa-server-install, ipa-client-install, ipa-replica-install
• ipa-replica-prepare, ipa-replica-manage

Topic 327: Access Control

327.1 Discretionary Access Control (weight: 3)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand and manage file ownership and permissions, including SUID and SGID.
• Understand and manage access control lists.
• Understand and manage extended attributes and attribute classes.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• getfacl
• setfacl
• getfattr
• setfattr

327.2 Mandatory Access Control (weight: 4)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand the concepts of TE, RBAC, MAC and DAC.
• Configure, manage and use SELinux.
• Be aware of AppArmor and Smack.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• getenforce, setenforce, selinuxenabled
• getsebool, setsebool, togglesebool
• fixfiles, restorecon, setfiles
• newrole, runcon
• semanage
• sestatus, seinfo
• apol
• seaudit, seaudit-report, audit2why, audit2allow
• /etc/selinux/*

327.3 Network File Systems (weight: 3)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand NFSv4 security issues and improvements.
• Configure NFSv4 server and clients.
• Understand and configure NFSv4 authentication mechanisms (LIPKEY, SPKM, Kerberos).
• Understand and use NFSv4 pseudo file system.
• Understand and use NFSv4 ACLs.
• Configure CIFS clients.
• Understand and use CIFS Unix Extensions.
• Understand and configure CIFS security modes (NTLM, Kerberos).
• Understand and manage mapping and handling of CIFS ACLs and SIDs in a Linux system.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• /etc/exports
• /etc/idmapd.conf
• nfs4acl
• mount.cifs parameters related to ownership, permissions and security modes
• winbind
• getcifsacl, setcifsacl

Topic 328: Network Security

328.1 Network Hardening (weight: 4)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Configure FreeRADIUS to authenticate network nodes.
• Use nmap to scan networks and hosts, including different scan methods.
• Use Wireshark to analyze network traffic, including filters and statistics.
• Identify and deal with rogue router advertisements and DHCP messages.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• radiusd
• radmin
• radtest, radclient
• radlast, radwho
• radiusd.conf
• /etc/raddb/*
• nmap
• wireshark
• tshark
• tcpdump
• ndpmon

328.2 Network Intrusion Detection (weight: 4)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Implement bandwidth usage monitoring.
• Configure and use Snort, including rule management.
• Configure and use OpenVAS, including NASL.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• ntop
• Cacti
• snort
• snort-stat
• /etc/snort/*
• openvas-adduser, openvas-rmuser
• openvas-nvt-sync
• openvassd
• openvas-mkcert
• /etc/openvas/*

328.3 Packet Filtering (weight: 5)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand common firewall architectures, including DMZ.
• Understand and use netfilter, iptables and ip6tables, including standard modules, tests and targets.
• Implement packet filtering for both IPv4 and IPv6.
• Implement connection tracking and network address translation.
• Define IP sets and use them in netfilter rules.
• Have basic knowledge of nftables and nft.
• Have basic knowledge of ebtables.
• Be aware of conntrackd.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• iptables
• ip6tables
• iptables-save, iptables-restore
• ip6tables-save, ip6tables-restore
• ipset
• nft
• ebtables

328.4 Virtual Private Networks (weight: 4)

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Configure and operate OpenVPN server and clients for both bridged and routed VPN networks.
• Configure and operate IPsec server and clients for routed VPN networks using IPsec-Tools / racoon.
• Awareness of L2TP.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• /etc/openvpn/*
• openvpn server and client
• setkey
• /etc/ipsec-tools.conf
• /etc/racoon/racoon.conf

Other Comments for consideration

As examples, following items are not in the current objectives:

1) Related to Wireless LAN: (Note: It’s not only for Linux though, it is necessary to consider because there are many points to be taken care for configuration in terms of security measure.)

Some aspects (i.e. Radius) are implemented in V2 (fth)

2) Related to IPv6: Not only IPv4, but also IPv6 should be considered.

Implemented in V2 wherever applicable (fth)

3) Security features in Linux: For example, ASLR and Exec-Shield (ASCII Armor) should be considered, because it causes security level lower if those are disabled.

Implemented in host hardening in V2 (fth)

4) Related to Forensics: In the survey of malware’s behavior, Sleuth Kit would be used to analyze the hard disk on Linux machine. Also in some cases, LVM commands would be used to restore the disk which became un-mountable. So that this area should be learned.

This is an interesting topic, but it goes beyond basic security in the sense it "prevention and defending". This is postmortal analysis. As the exam already contains a lot of topic this is postponed but up to discussion (fth)

5) Database (RDB, NoSQL) security: Because Application Security (bind, apache, etc.) is covered now, this item would be nice to cover. And this item is listed in the CIF, security contest almost every time. Also the counter-measure in server side is necessary.

As the other software / service aspects beyond Linux system security have been dropped this is considered out of scope for now too (fth)

6) Related to OpenFlow: There are several points to be considered in terms of security measure about the configuration of OpenFlow.

This is considered as an application aspect which seems to be beyond the scope for not (fth).

7) RADIUS: This was covered in 301 though, this is not covered now. This should be covered.

Implemented in V2 (fth)

8) DNS: More DNSSEC and DANE.

Implemented in V2 (fth)

9) Secure development, hardening

Hardening has been implemented for both hosts and networks in V2 (fth), Secure development is considered out of scope for now (fth)

10) Certificate Transparency

11) polkit

Changes since version 1

321.3

The following aspects have been removed from objective 321.3 User Management and Authentication:

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Kerberos Key Distribution Centre
• Kerberos Principals
• Kerberos Tickets
• password cracking

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• krb5.conf
• krb5kdc/kdc.conf
• kdb5_util
• rb5kdc/kadm5.acl
• kadmin, kadmin.local
• john

320.3 Advanced GPG

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Use GPG for encryption and signing.
• Configure GPG.
• Manage private and public keys.
• Interact with GPG key servers to publish and retrieve public keys.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• gpg
• gpgv
• gpg-agent
• ~/.gnupg/*

320.6 OpenSSH

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Configure and use OpenSSH.
• Manage OpenSSH keys and access control.
• Be aware of SSH protocol v1 and v2 security issues.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• /etc/ssh/*
• ~/.ssh/*
• ssh-keygen
• ssh-agent
• ssh-vulnkey