Hardening Linux

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作者：James Turnbull
出版日期：February 1, 2005
出版社：Apress
页数：584
ISBN：ISBN-10: 1590594444 ISBN-13: 978-1590594445
文件格式：PDF


Product Description

Hardening Linux by James Turnbull belongs on the shelf of anyone who installs and maintains Linux servers.

— Ray Lodato, Slashdot Contributor

I felt like I learned more about Linux reading this book than I’ve learned during the last year at work.

— Lasse Koskela, JavaRanch Sheriff

I think Hardening Linux may be the best example I’ve seen of a practical book on the subject.

— Anomaly – G. Wade Johnson

Iwas a bit surprised when I scanned the table of contents. The firstthought in my head was, ‘hey, this has everything in it.’ And it does.

— Joe Topjian, Adminspotting.net

“Hardening” is the process of protecting a system and its applications against unknown threats. Hardening Linuxidentifies many of the risks of running Linux hosts and applicationsand provides practical examples and methods to minimize those risks.The book is written for Linux/UNIX administrators who do notnecessarily have in-depth knowledge of security but need to know how tosecure their networks.
In this book, you’ll learn how to secure:

• The base operating system and firewall with iptables
• Connections to your hosts
• Fie systems and files
• Email servers
• IMAP and POP servers
• FTP servers

A quick reference of the procedures discussed in each chapter are summarized in Appendix C.
From the Publisher
“Hardening” is the process of protecting a system and its applicationsagainst unknown threats. Hardening Linux identifies many of the risksof running Linux hosts and applications and provides practical examplesand methods to minimize those risks.