Maximum Linux Security (2nd Edition) - Softcover

John Ray; Anonymous

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672321343 ISBN 13: 9780672321344

Publisher: Sams, 2001

Synopsis

Given the subtitle, A hacker's guide to protecting your Linux server and workstation, it is hardly surprising that the author remains anonymous except for the fact that he is a California computer criminal turned security consultant. He covers Linux security basics; and user, network, and Internet security. Appendices include specifics on Linux and Unix security utilities and applications. The CD-ROM features Linux security tools. No date is given for the first edition. Ray is also a security consultant. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

Anonymous is a self-described Unix and Perl fanatic who lives in southern California with his wife Michelle and a half-dozen computers. He currently runs an Internet security consulting company and is at work building one of the world's largest computer security archives. He also moonlights doing contract programming for several Fortune 500 firms.

John Ray is an award-winning developer and security consultant with more than 16 years of programming and administration experience. He has worked on projects for the FCC, The Ohio State University, Xerox, and the state of Florida, as well as serving as IT Director for Blue Cosmos Design, Inc. Ray has written/contributed to more than 10 titles currently in print, ranging from Using TCP/IP: Special Edition to Sams Teach Yourself Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 in 21 Days.

From the Back Cover

Maximum Linux Security helps Linux administrators identify and plug security holes on their systems by detailing Linux system holes, attack methods, and hacker's tools that hackers have had years to study, explore, and improve upon. As Linux continues to become more and more mainstream, network administrators will need to know all about the weaknesses in Linux systems that hackers and crackers have had years to learn and explore. Maximum Linux Security provides a crash course on the vulnerabilities of Linux systems, and how to protect these systems from outside attacks. Written from the same hacker perspective as Maximum Security, this book contains everything the Linux network administrator needs to know about protecting his or her systems. This edition of the book has been revised, expanded, and updated to cover the latest advances in Linux hacking tools and techniques, and to more thoroughly cover firewalls, intrusion detection, Linux graphical environments, and routers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0672321343
• ISBN 13: 9780672321344
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 896