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Securing Linux - Physical Security

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What you'll do

Oftentimes, physical access to a machine will allow an attacker to compromise it.

  • It may have a screen lock that requires a password, but if the attacker can simply reboot, there are several methods that can allow compromise of the machine.
  • We will look at a few of these methods in the context of Linux machines and implement some protections against them.

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