• A controversial, comprehensive guide to Linux security--written by the same anonymous hacker who wrote the bestselling Maximum Security
• Covers hundreds of Linux system holes, attack methods, hacker's tools, and security techniques
• Learn the weaknesses in Linux systems
• CD-ROM contains Linux security products, code examples, technical documents, system logs, utilities and other practical items for implementing Internet and computer system security on a Linux system

Amazon.com review
Linux machines serve scores of purposes on networks, but their very integration with networked environments means they're constantly exposed to attack. Maximum Linux Security: A Hacker's Guide to Protecting YourLinux Server and Network provides a comprehensive picture of Linux'sstrengths and weaknesses when it comes to protecting your systems from badguys. The author offers explicit advice (e.g., replace sendmail with Qmail)and general recommendations (e.g., be on the lookout for unused servicesand disable them). In case you're wondering which Anonymous this is, he'sthe same guy who wrote the very highly regarded Maximum Security.

In Maximum Linux Security, readers become familiar with scores of offensiveand defensive weapons, including Crack, Tripwire, linux_sniffer, mendax, andmany more. For each program, the author documents the required infrastructure(such as C or Perl), the required permissions, and a URL from which the program can be downloaded. Most valuably, he walks you through the use of each program (using Red Hat Linux 5.1 and Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 on his testbed machines). Readers can follow along as the author performs various hacks,including an IP spoofing attack. He lists hundreds of hacking tools in an appendix, and includes a lot of software (Linux security products, code examples, technical documents, system logs, and utilities) on the companion CD-ROM. --David Wall

Topics covered: Sniffers, scanners, firewalls, auditing tools, intrusion detectors, and denial-of-service software.

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