- By James Turnbull
- ISBN10: 1-59059-444-4
- ISBN13: 978-1-59059-444-5
- 584 pp.
- Published Feb 2005
- eBook Price: $31.49
- Price: $44.99
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Hardening Linux
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I think Hardening Linux may be the best example I've seen of a practical book on the subject.
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— Joe Topjian, Adminspotting.net
"Hardening" is the process of protecting a system and its applications against unknown threats. Hardening Linux identifies many of the risks of running Linux hosts and applications and provides practical examples and methods to minimize those risks. The book is written for Linux/UNIX administrators who do not necessarily have in-depth knowledge of security but need to know how to secure 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.
Author Information
James Turnbull
James Turnbull works for the National Australia Bank as a security architect. He is the author of Hardening Linux, which focuses on hardening the Linux host, and Pro Nagios 2.0, which focuses on enterprise management using the Nagios open source tool.
James has previously worked as an executive manager for IT security at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the CIO of a medical research foundation, manager of the architecture group of an outsourcing company, and in a number of IT roles in gaming, telecommunications, and government. He is an experienced infrastructure architect with a background in Linux/Unix, AS/400, Windows, and storage systems. He has been involved in security consulting, infrastructure security design, SLA, and service definition, and has an abiding interest in security metrics and measurement.