GIAC Security Essentials
Domain 4Objective 4
Linux Security and Hardening GSEC Practice Questions (Page 7)
Part of the Endpoint and Platform Security domain, which makes up ~32% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~30–51 in this domain), expect 3–6 from this objective — we provide 37 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 31–35
- 31
A security team wants to harden a Linux system against memory corruption attacks. They plan to enable kernel address space layout randomization (KASLR) and disable kernel module loading after boot. Which two kernel boot parameters should be added to the GRUB configuration?
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Which tool is specifically designed for security auditing and can monitor file access, system calls, and authentication events?
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A Linux administrator suspects a rootkit has modified system binaries. The system is running a distribution that uses RPM packages. Which command would best verify the integrity of installed binaries against the package database?
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A security administrator discovers that a shared directory used for collaborative project files has the permissions drwxrwxrwx. Users are accidentally overwriting each other's files. The administrator wants to prevent users from deleting or renaming files they do not own, while still allowing all users to read and write files within the directory. Which command should the administrator run?
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Which command is used to update package lists and upgrade all packages on a Debian-based Linux system?
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