From the contents:
Introduction - Who should buy this book? - Why buy this book? - Security Fundamentals - Risk Assessment Who is going to attack me? - Types of attackers - Internal versus External attacks - Mitigating Risk - Security Doctrine - Patch now, patch often - Minimalism is good - Keeping informed - Logging is your friend - Installing Linux securely - Installing Linux securely - Step-by-step example - Finalising your installation - Keeping your installation up-to-date - Operating system security - Boot security - Grub - Boot password security - Booting file systems securely - Kernel security - Compiling your own kernel - Sysctl - Flags - Users and Groups - Logins and Passwords - Sudo - Chroot - Components of a chroot jail - Using the jail - Development Tools - Preparation - How to compile packages - Securing the tools - Firewalling - Firewall basics - Network architecture & design - The DMZ - Iptables - Configuring - Testing your configuration - Some firewalling examples - Mail server - Web server - MySQL server - Firewall logging & analysis - Securing connections - SSH - Stunnel - Inetd/xinetd - tcpwrappers - PAM - Kerberos - Radius and FreeRadius - Securing files and file systems - File & directory level security - Permissions - Ownership - ACLs - File Integrity - PGP and signatures - MD5 sums - Tripwire - NFS and why not to use it - Alternatives to NFS - Logging - Why log? - What do you need to know? - Syslog - Syslog-ng - Log Rotation - Centralised logging - Logging securely using SSL? - Log analysis SEC, Swatch, Logwatch and Logcheck - Where do I learn more about logging? - Testing your security - Testing internal security - CIS Scan - Testing external security - Nmap - Nessus - Mail Transfer Agents - What is a mail server? - Why would I install a mail server? - Where do I put my mail server? - Choosing the right mail server for you - Sendmail - Postfix - Other flavours - Introduction to Postfix - Getting Postfix - Compiling & Installing Postfix - Configuring Postfix - Logging for Postfix - Where do I learn more about Postfix? - Apache Web Server - What is a web server? - Why would I install a web server? - Where do I put my web server? - Apache (2.0.x) - Getting Apache - Compiling & Installing Apache - Configuring Apache - Httpd.conf - .htaccess - Chrooting Apache - Using Apache with SSL - Logging for Apache - logging - Syslog logging - Statistics logging (Webalizer) - Where do I learn more about Apache? - FTP Server - What is a FTP server? - Why would I install a FTP server? - Where do I put my FTP server? - Getting ftpd - Compiling & Installing ftpd - Configuring ftpd - Logging for ftpd - Where do I learn more about ftpd? - Squid Proxy Server - What is a proxy server? - Introduction to proxies and caching - Why would I install a proxy server? - Squid - Getting Squid - Compiling & Installing Squid - Configuring Squid - Chrooting squid - Sizing your proxy cache - ACLs - Logging for Squid - Where do I learn more about Squid? - DNS / Bind - What is Bind? - Introduction to DNS - Why would I install a Bind server? - Where do I put my Bind server? - Choosing the right Bind server for you - ISC Bind ...
EAN/ISBN : 9781430200055
Publisher(s): Springer, Berlin, APress
Discussed keywords: Linux
Format: ePub/PDF

Author(s): Turnbull, James