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Author Bauer, Michael D.

Title Linux server security / Michael D. Bauer
Edition 2nd ed
Published Sebastapol, CA ; Cambridge : O'Reilly, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 522 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Threat modeling and risk management -- 2. Designing perimeter networks -- 3. Hardening Linux and using iptables -- 4. Secure remote administration -- 5. OpenSSL and stunnel -- 6. Securing domain name services (DNS) -- 7. Using LDAP for authentication -- 8. Database security -- 9. Securing Internet email -- 10. Securing web servers -- 11. Securing file services -- 12. System log management and monitoring -- 13. Simple intrusion detection techniques -- App. Two complete iptables startup scripts
Summary Linux consistently appears high up in the list of popular Internet servers, whether it's for the Web, anonymous FTP, or general services such as DNS and delivering mail. But security is the foremost concern of anyone providing such a service. Any server experiences casual probe attempts dozens of time a day, and serious break-in attempts with some frequency as well. This highly regarded book, originally titled Building Secure Servers with Linux, combines practical advice with a firm knowledge of the technical tools needed to ensure security. The book focuses on the most common use of Linux
Notes Previous edition: published as Building secure servers with Linux, 2002
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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SUBJECT Linux. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94087892
Linux fast
Subject Client/server computing.
Computer security
COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Security.
COMPUTERS -- Networking -- Security.
COMPUTERS -- Security -- General.
Client/server computing
Computer security
Linux (système d'exploitation des ordinateurs)
Serveurs (informatique)
Form Electronic book
Author Bauer, Michael D. Building secure servers with Linux
ISBN 9780596006709
0596006705
9780596517991
0596517998
9780596153540
0596153546