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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961780603321

Autore

Stanger James

Titolo

Hack proofing Linux: a guide to open source security : the only way to stop a hacker is to think like one / / James Stanger, Patrick T. Lane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rockland, Mass., : Syngress Media

London, : International Thomson, c2001

ISBN

1-281-05290-6

9786611052904

0-08-047811-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (705 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LanePatrick (Patrick T.)

Disciplina

005.8

Soggetti

Computer security

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

One CD-ROM in pocket attached to inside back cover.

Nota di contenuto

1928994342.pdf; 1928994342.pdf; Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction to Open Source Security; Chapter 2 Hardening the Operating System; Chapter 3 System Scanning and Probing; Chapter 4 Implementing an Intrusion Detection System; Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the Network with Sniffers; Chapter 6 Network Authentication and Encryption; Chapter 7 Avoiding Sniffing Attacks through Encryption; Chapter 8 Creating Virtual Private Networks; Chapter 9 Implementing a Firewall with Ipchains and Iptables; Chapter 10 Deploying the Squid Web Proxy Cache Server

Chapter 11 Maintaining FirewallsAppendix A Bastille Log; Appendix B Hack Proofing Linux Fast Track; Index; Related Titles

Sommario/riassunto

From the authors of the bestselling E-Mail Virus Protection Handbook!The Linux operating system continues to gain market share based largely on its reputation as being the most secure operating system available. The challenge faced by system administrators installing Linux is that it is secure only if installed and configured properly, constantly and meticulously updated, and carefully integrated with a wide variety of Open Source security tools. The fact that Linux source code is readily available to every hacker means that system administrators must



continually learn security and ant