Red Hat^® Linux^® Security and Optimization

by Mohammed J. Kabir

• ISBN13: 9780764547546
• ISBN10: 0764547542
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Red Hat

Summary

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.

Author Biography

MOHAMMED J. KABIR is the founder and CEO of Evoknow, Inc., a company specializing in customer relationship management software development. His books include Red Hat Linux 7 Server, Red Hat Linux Administrator's Handbook, Red Hat Linux Survival Guide, and Apache Server 2 Bible.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Acknowledgments	ix
Part I System Performance
Performance Basics	3	(8)
Kernel Tuning	11	(28)
Filesystem Tuning	39	(36)
Part II Network and Service Performance
Network Performance	75	(14)
Web Server Performance	89	(36)
E-Mail Server Performance	125	(16)
NFS and Samba Server Performance	141	(14)
Part III System Security
Kernel Security	155	(24)
Securing Files and Filesystems	179	(62)
PAM	241	(22)
OpenSSL	263	(14)
Shadow Passwords and OpenSSH	277	(36)
Secure Remote Passwords	313	(10)
xinetd	323	(28)
Part IV Network Service Security
Web Server Security	351	(48)
DNS Server Security	399	(16)
E-Mail Server Security	415	(28)
FTP Server Security	443	(30)
Samba and NFS Server Security	473	(18)
Part V Firewalls
Firewalls, VPNs, and SSL Tunnels	491	(50)
Firewall Security Tools	541	(48)
Appendix A IP Network Address Classification	589	(4)
Appendix B Common Linux Commands	593	(62)
Appendix C Internet Resources	655	(6)
Appendix D Dealing with Compromised Systems	661	(4)
Appendix E What's On the CD-ROM?	665	(4)
Index	669	(22)
End-User License Agreement	691