Real World Linux Security (2nd Edition)

By Bob Toxen

Book Overview

With all new coverage of home, mobile, and wireless issues, migrating from IP chains to IP tables, and protecting your network from users as well as crackers, this book provides immediate and effective Intrusion Detection System techniques. Contains practical solutions for every system administrator working with any Linux system, large or small. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130464562
• ISBN13: 9780130464569
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great Linux security reference

A poll taken in July 2001 for Network World asked 100 network executives what their biggest technology concerns were in 2001. It turns out that their biggest concern was "making sure the network is hackerproof." I?ll ignore for now the fact that there is no such word as hackerproof; I?ll take license and substitute the term bulletproof, which dictionary.com informally defines as impervious to assault, damage, or failure;...

The best book on Linux security - period.

With shelves of GNU Linux and Unix security books out there, choosing which ones to grace your bookshelf with can be difficult. Real World Linux Security is a hands down winner, covering every aspect of Linux system security. With many books being a tired rehash of the same tips designed to harden your system against script-kiddies, this book goes many steps further into protecting your systems against skilled crackers, and...

This book is fantasitc!

Out of all the books on various Linux topics that I own, and I own several, this one is the best. It covers security issues very well, it's full of real-world examples and it's fun to read. I would reccommend this book to anyone who is interested in securing their Linux box. And to those who aren't concerned about security, I would HIGHLY reccommend this book.

Best Security book I ever read

Having read alot of books on computer security in 7 years in the unix profession. I have seen some really bad books. Some books had good chapters. Some totally forgot a whole compnent of security. Bob has covered it all. He covers the whole nine yards and then some. This book is up their with hacking exposed as a must in every administrators library.PS. One gripe. Has the Kerberos logo variation on the cover. But no talk of...

Help in time of need!

After being cracked two weeks ago, we hired Bob Toxen to come in and evaluate our SGI systems. Many thanks to Bob Toxen for his help at reasonable rates. One reason we hired Bob was that he was involved in porting Unix to the SGIs many years ago. At our first meeting, he gave me a copy of the book. (Thanks Bob!) After reading the first two chapters, I immediately realized that our break in was due to procrastination. A...