CSC 386 – Computer Security Scott Heggen

Agenda A last look at OS Security Comparing Windows to Linux

Comparing Users Windows Administrator User Guest Linux Superuser (Root) User Services users (www-data, mysql) Other

Comparing Groups Windows Domains Administrators Power Users Users Guests Linux Groups Root Sudo Users

Users vs. Groups Why do we need both users and groups? Authentication vs. Authorization

Comparing Permissions Windows Default Permissions Linux Default Permissions

Comparing Complexity Windows Linux

Next Week Database Security Read up on Chapter 9 Another quiz on: Define relational database Understand what a SELECT statement does Understand what an UPDATE statement does Understand what a DELETE statement does Understand what an INSERT statement does