Unix, Free and Open Source Software, and Linux Security: Computer Security Lectures 2014/15 S1

This video is part of the computer/information/cyber security and ethical hacking lecture series; by Z. Cliffe Schreuders at Leeds Beckett University. Laboratory practical work sheets, slides, and other educational resources are available at http://z.cliffe.schreuders.org.

The slides themselves are creative commons licensed CC-BY-SA, and images used are licensed as individually attributed.

This was the first lecture I recorded with the webcam, so please forgive the fact that I did not stay directly in front of the camera.

Topics covered in this lecture include:
Popular Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows
Apple Macintosh
Linux
Free and open source software (FOSS)
Unix/Linux Security
Why you should care about Unix and Linux...
A short history lesson
Unix security goals
Unix security
Unix Certification : Single UNIX Specification (SUS)
Richard Stallman (aka: rms)
Copyleft
GNU (GNU is Not Unix)
Linus Torvalds
GNU/Linux Distributions
The Linux kernel
GNU/Linux Distributions
Some More FOSS Terminology
Free software – emphasizes the freedom granted
Open source software – emphasizes the development methodology
Large corporations hire programmers to contribute to Linux