The Linux Security Cookbook includes real solutions to a wide range of targeted problems, such as sending encrypted email within Emacs, restricting access to network services at particular times of day, firewalling a webserver, preventing IP spoofing, setting up key-based SSH authentication, and much more. With over 150 ready-to-use scripts and configuration files, this unique book helps administrators secure their systems without having to look up specific syntax.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. System Snapshots with Tripwire

2. Firewalls with iptables and ipchains

3. Network Access Control

4. Authentication Techniques and Infrastructures

5. Authorization Controls

6. Protecting Outgoing Network Connections

7. Protecting Files

8. Protecting Email

9. Testing and Monitoring

Index