Chapter 17:UNIX/Linux Vulnerabilities
1. In which language was UNIX written?
2. Did Linus Torvalds invent Linux?
3. What is a good hardware hack for an x86 system?
4. Describe a utility vulnerability, and what makes it different from a kernel vulnerability.
5. What is root account mismanagement?
6. What is default account mismanagement?
7. What is console program access mismanagement?
8. What is su command mismanagement?
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
9. ______ dir is a Linux command used to locate files.
10. ______ Linux is not an operating system.
11. ______ If you are not using telnet on your Linux box this week, you should delete the telnet user.
12. What is the difference between rlogin and rsh?
13. ______ All other things being equal, the default installation of Fedora Core 6 is not entirely
secure.
14. ______ /etc is where files go when you delete them.
Match each term with the correct statement below.
a. place for temporary files d. standard users have their personal files here
b. root user home directory e. lilo or grub configuration files are stored here
c configuration files are stored here f. standard location to find system logs
15. ______ /boot
16. ______ /tmp
17. _______ /var/logs
18. ______ /home
19. ______ /etc
20. ______ /root