How to Cheat at Securing Linux

Are you one of the millions of SysAdmins running a Linux server who can't find a current book on Linux security? Well.. this is the book for you. "How to Cheat at Securing Linux Servers" is designed to help you deploy a Linux system on the Internet in a variety of security roles. This book provides ... Les mer

Are you one of the millions of SysAdmins running a Linux server who can't find a current book on Linux security? Well.. this is the book for you. "How to Cheat at Securing Linux Servers" is designed to help you deploy a Linux system on the Internet in a variety of security roles. This book provides practical instructions and pointers concerning the open source security tools that we use every day. This book shows you how to use your Linux skills to provide the most important security services such as encryption, authentication, access control, and logging. While writing the book, the authors had the following three-part structure in mind: locking down the network, securing data passing across the network, and protecting the network perimeter with firewalls, DMZs, and VPNs. This is the perfect reference for the Multitasked SysAdmin. It helps you discover why 'Measure Twice, Cut Once' applies to Securing Linux. It provides complete coverage of hardening the operating system, implementing an intrusion detection system, and defending databases. It is short on theory, history, and technical data that is not helpful in performing your job.

Dr. James Stanger is a web technologist, security consultant, and open source advocate. He is currently President and Chief Certification Architect at Certification Partners, LLC, where he develops the Certified Internet Web Professional and the CTP+ certification programs. He is active in the open source movement as well as with the Linux Professional Institute. He is a contributing author of the LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, author of How to Cheat at Securing Linux. He has Stanger has created certifications and courses of instruction for companies and organizations such as CIW, IBM, Symantec, and CompTIA. He currently is President and Chief Certification Architect of Certification Partners, LLC, and Chair of the Linux Professional Institute Advisory Council. He also sits on several boards and councils, including the CompTIA Network+ and Server+ advisory committees, as well as for Kaplan University, American Public University System, Mesa Community College, and Snow College. He is also a social networking and Web 2.0 consultant. A respected speaker, he has been invited to present at various forums in the United Kingdom, China, and North America. Dr. Stanger was an educator and consultant, holding teaching positions at the University of California at Riverside, the University of Redlands, and Crafton Hills College. Dr. Stanger earned a B.A. and a Masters degree from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Riverside. He is a CIW Master Administrator, and also holds the Linux+, Security+, A+, and Convergence Technologies Professional (CTP) certifications. Lukk