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From the authors of the bestselling E-Mail Virus Protection Handbook!
The Linux operating system continues to gain market share based largely on its reputation as being the most secure operating system available. The challenge faced by system administrators installing Linux is that it is secure only if installed and configured properly, constantly and meticulously updated, and carefully integrated with a wide variety of Open Source security tools. The fact that Linux source code is readily available to every hacker means that system administrators must continually learn security and anti-hacker techniques.
Hack Proofing Linux will provide system administrators with all of the techniques necessary to properly configure and maintain Linux systems and counter malicious attacks.
* Linux operating systems and Open Source security tools are incredibly powerful, complex, and notoriously under-documented - this book addresses a real need
* CD-Rom contains Red Hat/Mandrake Linux RPMs as well as tarballs for other Linux distributions and the BSD community
* Uses forensics-based analysis to give the reader an insight to the mind of a hacker
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| Title of Computers eBook: Hack Proofing Linux | |
| Release Date: 08-05-2001 | |
| Publisher: Syngress |
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| Parent title | Hack Proofing Linux |
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| SKU | 9780080478111 |
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Hack Proofing Linux
Chapter One
Introduction to Open Source Security
Solutions in this chapter:
* Using the GNU General Public License
* Soft Skills: Coping with Open Source Quirks
* Should I Use an RPM or Tarballs?
* Obtaining Open Source Software
* A Brief Encryption Review
* Public Key and Trust Relationships
* Auditing Procedures
[ ] Summary
[ ] Solutions Fast Track
[ ] Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction
In spite of the ups and downs of the dot-com industry, open source software has become a viable alternative to commercial companies such as Microsoft, Sun, and IBM. Although open source software has its quirks and its problems, the open source movement has made its niche in the networking market. As a networking professional, it is in your best interest to understand some of the more important security applications and services that are available.
This book is designed to provide experienced systems administrators with open source security tools. Although we have made every effort to include as many people and as many skill sets as possible, this book assumes a fundamental knowledge of Linux. This book focuses on open source Linux applications, daemons, and system fixes. In the book's first chapters, you will learn how to lock down your network. Chapter 2 discusses ways to secure and monitor the operating system, and ways to scan local and remote networks for weaknesses. You will receive detailed information on how to ensure that your system's services and the root account are as secure as possible.
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