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>Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition -A Hands on Guide</TH
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>Chapter 24. Software -Networking/Encryption</A
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>24.1. <A
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>Linux OPENSSL Server</A
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>24.2. <A
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>Compile and Optimize</A
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>24.3. <A
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>Configure OpenSSL to optimise</A
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>24.4. <A
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>The <TT
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>/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf</TT
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>/usr/bin/sign.sh</TT
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>Commands -often used</A
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>24.7. <A
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>Securing OpenSSL</A
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> Most server software like <SPAN
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>, Samba, OpenLDAP, <SPAN
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>, Apache, and others that ask for users authentication before allowing services, by default transmit the user's
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identification and password in plain text. Alternatively, encryption mechanisms like <SPAN
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> ensure safe and secure transactions. With this technology, data going over the network is point-to-point encrypted. Once OpenSSL
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has been installed on your Linux server you can use it as a third party tool to enable other applications with <SPAN
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