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Red Hat Linux Security and Optimization is a reference for power-users and administrators covering all security issues, including Filesystems Security, Securing root accounts and Firewalls. Other Security books talk about how to apply certain patches to fix a security problem. This book shows the reader how to secure all applications so that the chances for a security breach are automatically minimized. Application performance benchmarking will also be covered. The reference introduces the reader to many application specific performance and benchmarking techniques and shows readers how to tune their computer as well as their networks. This book will cover all the primary Red Hat Linux Applications such as Apache Web Server, WuFTP, FTP server, BIND DNS server, Sendmail SMTP server and focus on how to enhance security for each of them. It will also show the reader how to secure NFS and Samba Server, and well as the Apache Web Server.
About the CD-ROM
The CD-ROM will include 50 security tools, code listings from the book, and a number of tuning and benchmarking tools.
Red Hat Linux Security and Optimization is a reference for power-users and administrators covering all security issues, including Filesystems Security, Securing root accounts and Firewalls. Other Security books talk about how to apply certain patches to fix a security problem -- but this book shows you how to secure all applications so that the chances for a security breach are automatically minimized. Application performance benchmarking will also be covered. This book introduces you to many application-specific performance and benchmarking techniques and shows you how to tune your computer as well as your networks. This book covers all the primary Red Hat Linux Applications such as Apache Web Server, WuFTP, FTP server, BIND DNS server, Sendmail SMTP server and focuses on how to enhance security for each of them. It also shows you how to secure NFS and Samba Server, as well as the Apache Web Server. Accompanied by a CD-ROM containing security tools, a comprehensive reference for power users and administrators explores a range of security issues for Linux systems, covering such topics as firewalls, file systems security, root accounts, and security enhancement techniques. Original. (Intermediate) Security Advisories are updates essential to the security of your machine. Red Hat recommends that every user of Red Hat Linux install these upgrades to prevent unauthorised intrusion or denial of service attacks. This guide has been developed with the co-operation of Red Hat's security experts. CD-ROM contains: Book chapters in searchable PDF format -- Sample book scripts in text format -- Security tools
