Building a Linux Internet Server [Paperback]

George Eckel (Author), Chris Hare (Author)

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Publication Date: January 15, 1995

This guide explains how to create an Internet site using Linux.

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This complete guide explores all relevant issues users must consider when building LINUX Internet servers. It outlines costs, benefits, and the pros and cons of the various types of servers that can be built-going beyond the "hows" and into the "whys." - Demonstrates how to effectively set up security on a LINUX site

- Includes hands-on exercises for customizing and configuring a LINUX Internet connection

- CD-ROM contains LINUX, a shareware version of LINUX

Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Pub (January 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562055259
• ISBN-13: 978-1562055257
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,323,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A classic to be judged on its own merits. MUST READ!, April 16, 2004

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This review is from: Building a Linux Internet Server (Paperback)

Tech books from before 2000 should not be judged on whether they are up to date. That's a given! They should be judged by how well written and informative they are. This book is both.

Granted the software distribution on the included disk doesn't contain much of actual value. But the tips and tricks in the book still work! It's amazing that after all these years so few people still follow best practices.

For a collector of tech books, like myself, this book is an invaluable addition to one's library. When Solaris ruled webservers, this book showed how to build a server at a fraction of the cost. I have no doubt that this will be desirable for collectors in the future.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Really superficial and out-of-date, August 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Building a Linux Internet Server (Paperback)

Published in 1995 (!), the Dark Ages at Internet speeds. This books thinks MCIMall is hot news.

I found myself irked by the authors repeatedly discussing the choice of how to put your home page on the Internet. They force a choice between dialing up and leasing a line. Of course, 90 percent of the people who want to put a home page on the Net just use someone else's server and share costs.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good buy for start linuxed IS, August 5, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Building a Linux Internet Server (Paperback)

This book make availible building of my own Internet Server based on Linux 2.0.x. All the problems had solution in this book!