Sams Teach Yourself Linux Security Basics in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Linux Security Basics in 24 Hours, 9780672320910 (0672320916), Sams Publishing, 2001

This book is an introductory, tutorial-style text designed to give the reader a strong foundational knowledge of securing a Linux system. This book teaches the reader how to securely install and run Linux as it comes shipped from most Linux distributors. Most other titles in this market focus on the use of tools and software not normally included with Linux. Our approach teaches fundamentals the reader can take to other operating systems. This text is designed to provide a basic guide to resolving security involved in the use of Linux in workstation, small server, or small network environments.

Covered topics include the following:
Securing network services such as Samba and NFS
Installation security details
Firewalling with ipchains and iptables
Intrusion detection, auditing, and monitoring
BIOS and motherboard security issues
Kerberos authentication
Data encryption
Eliminating ID and device risks
Preserving data
Steps to take if hacked

About the Author

Aron Hsiao is a computing entrepreneur and freelance network consultant with a background in UNIX-like operating systems stretching back to the mid-1980s. He has spent time as both an independent contractor and as a proprietor working in computer hardware and software retail, real-time software development, network deployment, Internet development, and Internet marketing. Aron has also worked as a volunteer in a number of different computer-related and education capacities in his local area. He has served as the About.com guide to Linux since 1997 and is the author of Que's The Concise Guide to XFree86 for Linux.

Comments

Amazing Books

Homebrewing For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies)

For Dummies, 2008

The latest on gluten-free, organic, and green brewing

Make your own delicious lagers and ales

Want to become your own brewmeister? This must-have guide gives youeasy-to-follow instructions in everything from brewing and bottling tostoring, pouring, and kegging your own beer. You...

Knots and Links

Cambridge University Press, 2004

Knot theory is the study of embeddings of circles in space. It is a subject in which naturally occurring questions are often so simple to state that they can be explained to a child, yet finding answers may require ideas from the forefront of research. It is a subject of both depth and subtlety.

The subject started to develop...

Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies

For Dummies, 2009

Create graphs, develop estimates, and apply probability

Get the scoop on all of Excel's statistical tools and what they can do for you

If "permutation" sounds like something you shouldn't say around your grandmother and you read "margin of error" as "margin of terror," take heart! This easy-to-follow...

Doing Statistics With SPSS

Sage Publications, 2002

Doing Statistics With SPSS is derived from the authors' many years of experience teaching undergraduates data handling using SPSS. It assumes no prior understanding beyond that of basic mathematical operations and is therefore suitable for anyone undertaking an introductory statistics course as part of a science based...

Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems, Second Edition (Artech House Radar Library)

SciTech Publishing, 2006

In my government position I am responsible for military research and technology for the Italian armed forces. During my coordination work with the Western European Armament Group: Panel I1 (Research and Technology), discussions have often been of a highly technical nature. It is certainly easier to make management decisions with an adequate...

GNU/Linux Application Programming (Programming Series)

Charles River, 2008

GNU/Linux is the Swiss army knife of operating systems. You’ll find it in the smallest devices (such as an Apple iPod) to the largest most powerful supercomputers (like IBM’s Blue Gene). You’ll also find GNU/Linux running on the most diverse architectures, from the older x86 processors to the latest cell processor that powers the...