Maximum Linux Security (2nd Edition)

Maximum Linux Security (2nd Edition)

9780672321344 (0672321343), Sams Publishing, 2001

Presents in-depth configuration tips and techniques to help eliminate security threats to your LINUX-based computer or network, as delivered by an experienced computer hacker who is now a writer, and security consultant. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

Maximum Linux Security helps Linux administrators identify and plug security holes on their systems by detailing Linux system holes, attack methods, and hacker's tools that hackers have had years to study, explore, and improve upon. As Linux continues to become more and more mainstream, network administrators will need to know all about the weaknesses in Linux systems that hackers and crackers have had years to learn and explore. Maximum Linux Security provides a crash course on the vulnerabilities of Linux systems, and how to protect these systems from outside attacks. Written from the same hacker perspective as Maximum Security, this book contains everything the Linux network administrator needs to know about protecting his or her systems. This edition of the book has been revised, expanded, and updated to cover the latest advances in Linux hacking tools and techniques, and to more thoroughly cover firewalls, intrusion detection, Linux graphical environments, and routers.

About the Author

Anonymous is a self-described Unix and Perl fanatic who lives in southern California with his wife Michelle and a half-dozen computers. He currently runs an Internet security consulting company and is at work building one of the world's largest computer security archives. He also moonlights doing contract programming for several Fortune 500 firms.

John Ray is an award-winning developer and security consultant with more than 16 years of programming and administration experience. He has worked on projects for the FCC, The Ohio State University, Xerox, and the state of Florida, as well as serving as IT Director for Blue Cosmos Design, Inc. Ray has written/contributed to more than 10 titles currently in print, ranging from Using TCP/IP: Special Edition to Sams Teach Yourself Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 in 21 Days.

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