By Audience: Unix Users

Links of particular interest to Unix and Linux users:

• WSG Security pages
  Unix and Linux security information from CITES' Workstation Services Group (WSG).

• Being your own system administrator
  This security scenario introduces you to the essential steps needed to keep your Unix system secure.

• File sharing
  This section discusses understanding and securing different types of file sharing: operating system-native file sharing, client-server file sharing, and peer-to-peer file sharing.

• Understanding file permissions
  This page explains the importance of file access permissions and how to use them to control who can read and change your files.

• PasswordVault
  If you have difficulty remembering all the different user names and passwords required by different websites and servers, PasswordVault provides secure storage for your user name and password information.

• Secure Shell (SSH) and Secure FTP (SFTP)

Now required by many servers on campus and around the world, Secure Shell (SSH) is a secure replacement for the insecure telnet protocol, and Secure FTP (SFTP) is a secure replacement for the insecure FTP protocol.