Sams Teach Yourself Linux Security Basics in 24 Hours

Covered topics include the following:

• Securing network services such as Samba and NFS
• Installation security details
• Firewalling with ipchains and iptables
• Intrusion detection, auditing, and monitoring
• BIOS and motherboard security issues
• Kerberos authentication
• Data encryption
• Eliminating ID and device risks
• Preserving data
• Steps to take if hacked

Contents

PART I Basic Security for All Roles

• Hour 1 Selecting and Installing a Linux Distribution
• 2 BIOS and Motherboards
• 3 Physical Security
• 4 The Boot Process
• 5 System and User Fundamentals
• 6 TCP/IP Network Security
• 7 File System Security
• 8 Extra File System Security Tools
• 9 Making the Most of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)

• Hour 10 Using ipchains for Firewalling and Routing
• 11 Using iptables for Firewalling and Routing
• 12 Securing Apache, FTP, and SMTP Services
• 13 Network Security: DNS with BIND
• 14 Network Security: NFS and Samba
• 15 Securing X11R6 Access

• Hour 16 Encrypting Data Streams
• 17 Introduction to Kerberos
• 18 Encrypting Web Data
• 19 Encrypting File System Data
• 20 Encrypting E-Mail Data

• Hour 21 Auditing and Monitoring
• 22 Detecting Attacks in Progress
• 23 Preserving Data
• 24 Recovering from Attacks

• Appendix A Configuration Files Important to Security
• B System. Account File Formats
• C Security Web Sites of Note
• D Quick Security Checklist
• E Web Links to Documented Software
• Index