presentations/2021-02-15-introduction-linux/linux_introduction.txt
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Linux
Joachim Desroches
BIG FAT WARNING
Craft v.s. Science
1. Linux: About and Philosophy
2. Shell
3. Asymmetric Cryptography
4. SSH and PGP
5. Git
6. Practical tools
1. Linux
kernel
# Linux is actually only the kernel, and needs a bunch of userland utilities
# to be of any use. Usually though, when we say linux, we mean the whole OS.
operating system
# Additionally to interacting with the hardware, it comes with the usual
# facilities we expect of an OS: compiler, user management, logging...
(em)power users
# General purpose, but of philosophy aimed at power users. Know what you are
# doing, think before you type, read the docs.
files
# Most powerful concept is that everything is a file. Indexed in the FSH, and
# can be accessed and manipulated that way. Example: disk, serial port.
# config!!
distributions
# Names like ubuntu, Alpine, Debian are distros. Usually represent a package
# manager and a usage philosophy.
2. Shell
# -> GNUGEN's presentation
3. Asymmetric Cryptography
secret + key > encrypted
encrypted - key > secret
share key
public key
private key
secret + public key > encrypted
encrypted - public key > garbage
encrypted - private key > secret
RSA, ECDSA
signing
secret + private key > signature
signature - public key > valid!
5. SSH and PGP
# Main crypto usage in our tooling
PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
GPG: GNU Privacy Guard
# We'll go into GPG if we have time and interest, for now let us stay on SSH.
SSH: Secure SHell
remote access
authentication keys
private & public SSH keys
# Give the server your public, and show you can decrypt the challenge
some policy
# Secrets are important! Don't let them be stolen
password-protected accounts
encrypted hard drives
# I'd say that's good enough for us for now. More would take too much
# resources to enforce. Ideally, password-protect with something in your head
# or your password manager.
5. Git
# -> GNUGEN's presentation
6. Practical tools
PuTTY, WSL - SSH for windows
gitforwindows.org