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Hardening Linux

AUTHOR Turnbull, James
PUBLISHER Apress (02/01/2005)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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"Hardening" is the process of protecting a system and its applications against unknown threats. And Hardening Linux will explain the main steps that any Network or Systems Administrator needs to take, to protect his computers that run on Linux. This book discusses security of mail servers, web servers, and file servers, as well as hardening IP tables and remote access functionality.

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ISBN-13: 9781590594445
ISBN-10: 1590594444
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 552
Carton Quantity: 7
Product Dimensions: 8.12 x 1.29 x 8.78 inches
Weight: 2.23 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Computers | Operating Systems - Linux
Computers | Security - General
Computers | Networking - General
Dewey Decimal: 005.8
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005280402
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Hardening is the process of protecting a system and its applications against unknown threats. "Hardening Linux" explains the main steps that any Network or Systems Administrator needs to take, to protect his computers that run on Linux. This book discusses security of mail servers, Web servers, and file servers, as well as hardening IP tables and remote access functionality.
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"Hardening" is the process of protecting a system and its applications against unknown threats. And Hardening Linux will explain the main steps that any Network or Systems Administrator needs to take, to protect his computers that run on Linux. This book discusses security of mail servers, web servers, and file servers, as well as hardening IP tables and remote access functionality.

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Author: Turnbull, James
James Turnbull is the author of five technical books about open source software and a longtime member of the open source community. James authored the first and second books about Puppet, and works for Puppet Labs, running client services. James speaks regularly at conferences including OSCON, Linux.conf.au, FOSDEM, OpenSourceBridge, DevOpsDays and a number of others. He is a past president of Linux Australia, has run Linux.conf.au and serves on the program committee of Linux.conf.au and OSCON. James is Australian but currently lives in Portland, Oregon. His interests include cooking, wine, political theory, photojournalism, philosophy, and most recently the Portland Timbers association football team.
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