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Security

.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   security/Transport_Layer_Security

Network

Fail2ban : Python : brute-force protection
Scans log files and bans IPs that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc
nftables : C : firewall
Administration tool for packet filtering and classification
OpenSSH : C : secure services

Free SSH protocol suite providing encryption for network services like remote login or remote file transfers

WireGuard : C : secure tunnel
Extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography

Virtualization

Firejail : C : sandbox
SUID sandbox program that reduces the risk of security breaches by restricting the running environment of untrusted applications using Linux namespaces, seccomp-bpf and Linux capabilities
Docker : Go : application container
Run applications securely isolated in a container, packaged with all its dependencies and libraries
LXC : C : system container
Offers an environment as close as possible to the one you'd get from a VM but without the overhead that comes with running a separate kernel and simulating all the hardware

Web

.. seealso:: :doc:`security/Transport_Layer_Security`

HTTP headers

Content Security Policy (CSP)

Mechanism by which web developers can control the resources which a particular page can fetch or execute, as well as a number of security-relevant policy decisions

X-Content-Type-Options
Require checking of a response’s Content-Type header against the destination of a request

Further reading

  • OWASP - Free and open software security community