Linux Security Cookbook
Security Tools and Techniques
$50.74
- Paperback
310 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2003
Summary
Computer security is an ongoing process, a relentless contest between system administrators and intruders. A good administrator needs to stay one step ahead of any adversaries, which often involves a continuing process of education. If you’re grounded in the basics of security, however, you won’t necessarily want a complete treatise on the subject each time you pick up a book. Sometimes you want to get straight to the point. That’s exactly what the new “Linux Security Cookbook” does. Rathe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780596003913 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0596003919 |
| Author: | Daniel J. Barrett |
| Publisher: | O'Reilly Media |
| Imprint: | O'Reilly Media |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 310 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2003 |
| Weight: | 530g |
| Dimensions: | 179mm x 233mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Cookbooks Ser. |
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Critics Review
“I really enjoyed this book. I think my machine is more secure than before I read this book. The advice is good and pitched at, for me, the right level. References were up-to-date ad far as I could see. I would certainly recommend this book to anyone wanting to secure, or test the esisting security, of a Linux system.” - Mick Farmer, Linux Security Cookbook - news@UK, September 2003
About The Author
Daniel J. Barrett
Dan Barrett has been immersed in Internet technology since 1985. Currently working as a software engineer, Dan has also been a heavy metal singer, Unix system administrator, university lecturer, web designer, and humorist. He has written several O’Reilly books, as well as monthly columns for Compute! and Keyboard Magazine. Dan and his family reside in Boston. Richard E. Silverman has a B.A. in computer science and an M.A. in pure mathematics. Richard has worked in the fields of networking, formal methods in software development, public-key infrastructure, routing security, and Unix systems administration. He is the co-author of SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide. Robert G. Byrnes, Ph.D., has been hacking on Unix systems for twenty years, and has been involved with security issues since the original Internet worm was launched from Cornell University, while he was a graduate student and system administrator. He is currently a software engineer at Curl Corporation, and has worked in the fields of networking, telecommunications, distributed computing, financial technology, and condensed matter physics.
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