Red Hat Linux Security and Optimization

Author: (USA) Kabir
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book demonstrates how to secure every component of a Linux system, including FTP, Sendmail, and Apache servers. From firewalls to root accounts to filesystem security, it shows how simple preventive measures can reduce the chances of being attacked. Additionally, it includes performance and testing techniques used to optimize system adjustments. This book serves as a reference manual for advanced Linux users and administrators, covering all security aspects such as filesystem security, protecting root accounts, and firewalls. Other security books often discuss how to use patches to fix security issues, but this book shows how to make all applications secure, thereby minimizing the likelihood of being attacked. The book introduces numerous performance and testing techniques related to applications and explains how to adjust computer and network performance. It covers all major Red Hat Linux applications, such as Apache Web server, WuFTP server, FTP server, BIND DNS server, and Sendmail SMTP server, and provides in-depth and detailed discussions on enhancing their security. In addition to Apache Web server, the book also discusses how to secure NFS and Samba servers. The book consists of 21 chapters, divided into five parts, comprehensively covering system performance, network and service performance, system security, network service security, and firewalls. It introduces numerous performance and testing techniques related to applications and explains how to adjust computer and network performance. The book covers all major Red Hat Linux applications, such as Apache Web server, WuFTP server, FTP server, BIND DNS server, and Sendmail SMTP server, and provides in-depth and detailed discussions on enhancing their security. The book is well-explained and rich in content, making it suitable forLinux or UNIX system administrators and readers interested in security.