Linux Network Administrator's Guide

Kirch, Olaf,Dawson, Terry

ISBN 10: 1565924002 / ISBN 13: 9781565924000

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linux Network Administrator's Guide
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565924002
• ISBN 13: 9781565924000
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Linux, a Unix-compatible operating system that runs on personal computers and larger servers, is valued above all for its networking strengths. The "Linux Network Administrator's Guide spells out all the information needed for joining a network, whether it's a simple UUCP connection or a full LAN with a Linux system serving as a firewall, an NFS or NIS file server, and a mail and news hub.

This book, which is one of the most successful to come from the Linux Documentation Project and remains freely distributable under its license, touches on all the essential networking software included with the operating system, plus some hardware considerations. Fully updated, the book now covers firewalls, including the use of ipchains and iptables (netfilter), masquerading, and accounting. Other new topics include Novell (NCP/IPX) support and INN (news administration). Original material on serial connections, UUCP, routing and DNS, mail and News, SLIP and PPP, NFS, and NIS has been thoroughly updated. Kernel options reflect the 2.2 kernel. However, some topics covered in other books (notably Samba and web server administration) are not in this book.

Topics include: Introduction to TCP/IPConfiguring network and serial hardwareDomain Name ServiceSerial line communications using SLIP and PPPNIS and NFSTaylor UUCPAdministering electronic mail, including sendmail and Exim Administering Netnews, including INN and several news readersFirewalling using ipfwadm, ipchains, and iptables (netfilter)Masquerading and accountingIPX configuration for a Novell Netware network

About the Author

Olaf Kirch has a degree in Mathematics from Technische Universitaet Darmstadt. He presently works as a UNIX programmer for a company producing a CAD system. A Linux fan for a couple of years now, he is amazed at the pace its development continues to progress. For relaxation, Olaf likes painting, drawing, and reading (anything from nineteenth century poetry to detective novels and Japanese manga). He likes to spend time outdoors whenever possible. He doesn't have a driver's license (never had one), so he goes about most of his daily routine by bicycle. When he gets away from his keyboard for more than a few days, he likes to go mountain-walking.

Terry Dawson is an amateur radio operator and long time Linux enthusiast. He is the author of a number of network related HOWTO documents for the Linux Documentation Project, co-author the 2nd edition of O'Reilly's Linux Network Administrators Guide and is an active participant in a number of other Linux projects. Terry has 15 years professional experience in telecommunications and is currently engaged in network management research in the Telstra Research Laboratories.