Last Part of LPIC1, exam 102, version 500 is about Encryption. In the first part we will learn about the concept of the Key Pair Encryption (Also known as Pu...

LPIC 1 - 81 - 110.3 (1/3) - Securing data with encryption

Key Pairs (Public & Private) and SSH

  • Public Key vs Private key and signing concepts
  • SSH Server key ( known_hosts file)
  • Key generation using ssh-keygen
  • ssh password-less login (key login)
  • ssh-agent

Understand ssh tunnels and X11 forwarding

  • Understanding ssh tunnels
  • Local ssh tunnels
  • Remote ssh tunnels
  • Dynamic ssh tunnel
  • ssh X11 or X Forwarding

Using gpg to Encrypt/Decrypt & Sign data

  • introduction to gpg
  • manage keys
  • Encrypt & Decrypt data using gpg
  • Signing and verifying using gpg
  • revoke gpg keys
  • gpg-agent