Linux Exploitation
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is a free and open source operating system, combination of the Linux kernel and the GNU toolkit software collection, developed by Richard Stallman.
Linux kernel is the core of the O.S.
Linux distributions are variants of the same O.S.
Typically deployed as a server O.S.
Linux server services and protocols can provide with an access vector that an attacker can use
TCP 80
/443
Open source cross-platform web server
(Secure Shell)
TCP 22
Cryptographic remote access protocol, used for operating network services securely over an unsecured network. Secure successor of telnet
(File Transfer Protocol)
TCP 21
Communication protocol used for file sharing between a server and a client, over TCP
TCP 445
Open source implementation of the SMB
protocol. Enabled Unix machines to communicate with Windows machines in a network