LPIC-3 Security Exam 303 Objectives
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Understand X.509 certificates, X.509 certificate lifecycle, X.509 certificate fields and X.509v3 certificate extensions Understand trust chains and public key infrastructures, including certificate transparency 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 Basic feature knowledge of Let’s Encrypt, ACME and certbot Basic feature knowledge of CFSSL Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understand SSL, TLS, including protocol versions and ciphers Configure Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl to provide HTTPS service, including SNI and HSTS Configure Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl to serve certificate chains and adjust the cipher configuration (no cipher-specific knowledge) 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 Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understand block device and file system encryption Use dm-crypt with LUKS1 to encrypt block devices Use eCryptfs to encrypt file systems, including home directories and PAM integration Awareness of plain dm-crypt Awareness of LUKS2 features Conceptual understanding of Clevis for LUKS devices and Clevis PINs for TMP2 and Network Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE)/Tang The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understand the concepts of DNS, zones and resource records Understand DNSSEC, including key signing keys, zone signing keys and relevant DNS records such as DS, DNSKEY, RRSIG, NSEC, NSEC3 and NSEC3PARAM
Configure and troubleshoot BIND as an authoritative name server serving DNSSEC secured zones Manage DNSSEC signed zones, including key generation, key rollover and re-signing of zones Configure BIND as an recursive name server that performs DNSSEC validation on behalf of its clients Understand CAA and DANE, including relevant DNS records such as CAA and TLSA Use CAA and DANE to publish X.509 certificate and certificate authority information in DNS Use TSIG for secure communication with BIND Awareness of DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS Awareness of Multicast DNS Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Configure BIOS and boot loader (GRUB 2) security Disable unused software and services Understand and drop unnecessary capabilities for specific systemd units and the entire system Understand and configure Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Exec-Shield Black and white list USB devices attached to a computer using USBGuard Create an SSH CA, create SSH certificates for host and user keys using the CA and configure OpenSSH to use SSH certificates Work with chroot environments Use systemd units to limit the system calls and capabilities available to a process Use systemd units to start processes with limited or no access to specific files and devices Use systemd units to start processes with dedicated temporary and /dev directories and without network access Understand the implications of Linux Meltdown and Spectre mitigations and enable/disable the mitigations Awareness of polkit Awareness of the security advantages of virtualization and containerization The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Use and configure the Linux Audit system Use chkrootkit Use and configure rkhunter, including updates Use Linux Malware Detect Automate host scans using cron Use RPM and DPKG package management tools to verify the integrity of installed files Configure and use AIDE, including rule management Awareness of OpenSCAP Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understand and configure ulimits Understand cgroups, including classes, limits and accounting Manage cgroups and process cgroup association Understand systemd slices, scopes and services Use systemd units to limit the system resources processes can consume Awareness of cgmanager and libcgroup utilities Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understand and manage file ownership and permissions, including SetUID and SetGID bits Understand and manage access control lists Understand and manage extended attributes and attribute classes Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understand the concepts of type enforcement, role based access control, mandatory access control and discretionary access control Configure, manage and use SELinux Awareness of AppArmor and Smack Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understand wireless networks security mechanisms Configure FreeRADIUS to authenticate network nodes Use Wireshark and tcpdump to analyze network traffic, including filters and statistics Use Kismet to analyze wireless networks and capture wireless network traffic Identify and deal with rogue router advertisements and DHCP messages Awareness of aircrack-ng and bettercap The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Implement bandwidth usage monitoring Configure and use Snort, including rule management Configure and use OpenVAS, including NASL Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understand common firewall architectures, including DMZ Understand and use iptables and ip6tables, including standard modules, tests and targets Implement packet filtering for IPv4 and IPv6 Implement connection tracking and network address translation Manage IP sets and use them in netfilter rules Awareness of nftables and nft Awareness of ebtables Awareness of conntrackd Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Understand the principles of bridged and routed VPNs Understand the principles and major differences of the OpenVPN, IPsec, IKEv2 and WireGuard protocols Configure and operate OpenVPN servers and clients Configure and operate IPsec servers and clients using strongSwan Configure and operate WireGuard servers and clients Awareness of L2TP Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Conceptual understanding of threats against individual nodes Conceptual understanding of threats against networks Conceptual understanding of threats against application Conceptual understanding of threats against credentials and confidentiality Conceptual understanding of honeypots The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
Furthermore, candidates should be able to use nmap to verify the effectiveness of network security measures. Key Knowledge Areas:
Understand the concepts of penetration testing and ethical hacking Understand legal implications of penetration testing Understand the phases of penetration tests, such as active and passive information gathering, enumeration, gaining access, privilege escalation, access maintenance, covering tracks Understand the architecture and components of Metasploit, including Metasploit module types and how Metasploit integrates various security tools Use nmap to scan networks and hosts, including different scan methods, version scans and operating system recognition Understand the concepts of Nmap Scripting Engine and execute existing scripts Awareness of Kali Linux, Armitage and the Social Engineer Toolkit (SET) Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities: