ELUG Meetup: 24 October 2024

Topic: Cyber security!
Discussion lead: Robin will start, then the floor is open to anyone and everyone
Physical location: Strathcona County Public Library, Maple Room; 401 Festival Lane Sherwood Park https://maps.app.goo.gl/yhBzVWn4UoVTGW1T7

Robin got the discussion started by giving a quick description of a few security tools that he is familiar with, and then we continued talking about various other security tools and utilities:

AIDE (advanced intrusion detection environment)
aide.github.io
file integrity checker

Snort
snort.org
network intrusion detection and intrusion prevention system

Zabbix
zabbix.com
network and IT infrastructure monitoring tool

Nessus (proprietary)
tenable.com
remote security / vulnerability scanner

ModSecurity
modsecurity.org
owasp.org/www-project-modsecurity
web application firewall

metasploit
metasploit.com

fail2ban
fail2ban.org
auto-ban IP after 3 failed attempts to remote log in

Graylog
graylog.org
log management and security analytics

veracrypt
veracrypt.fr
on-the-fly encryption

ClamAV
clamav.net
antivirus for linux

Lynis
cisofy.com/lynis
antivirus for linux

By the way, if you haven’t heard: Don’t use linux kernel commits for hypocritical security patches:
www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22410164/linux-kernel-university-of-minnesota-banned-open-source