SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Administrator's Handbook [Paperback]

Peter Kuo (Author), Jacques Beland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 9, 2005

As a system administrator, you are justly concerned about the security of your infrastructure. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES 9) can lead the way to infrastructure security and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Administrator's Handbook is the authoritative source for information on this secure server. Step-by-step procedures will walk you through installing and securing a SLES 9 system, and it will focus on the specific security features that make SLES 9 an important platform for all system administrators. Some of what you will cover is:

• SuSE server installation
• User access and security
• Installing and configuring networking services
• Securing your SuSE server

Leverage Linux and open source with SLES 9 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Administrator's Handbook to build a secure computing network for your company.

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As a system administrator, you are justly concerned about the security of your infrastructure. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES 9) can lead the way to infrastructure security and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Administrator's Handbook is the authoritative source for information on this secure server. Step-by-step procedures will walk you through installing and securing a SLES 9 system, and it will focus on the specific security features that make SLES 9 an important platform for all system administrators. Some of what you will cover is:

• SuSE server installation
• User access and security
• Installing and configuring networking services
• Securing your SuSE server

Leverage Linux and open source with SLES 9 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Administrator's Handbook to build a secure computing network for your company.

About the Author

Peter Kuo is a Novell Master CNI, Master CNE, NCIP, CNS and one of the first CDEs. He is the co-author of Novell's Guide to Troubleshooting NDS and has authored or coauthored several NetWare and networking titles.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 552 pages
• Publisher: Novell Press (July 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067232735X
• ISBN-13: 978-0672327353
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,298,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars securing your system, July 26, 2005

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This review is from: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Administrator's Handbook (Paperback)

Kuo and Beland help the sysadmin who might be new to SUSE Linux. Conceptually, you can think of the book as two interwoved parts. The first part is explaining generic linux, or even unix, operations. Applicable to a Red Hat or Solaris machine, perhaps.

More pertinantly, the book goes into SUSE-specific abilities, with a natural emphasis on maintaining a secure system. The book is clearly directed at a sysadmin in a corporate environment, as opposed to a hobbyist with a home computer. So robustness and defending against malware are constant themes.

For example, you may want to offer anonymous ftp writing to your machine. By default, this directory often ends up in /var. Which means that users could, inadvertantly or not, end up filling the partition that /var/ sits on. Bad, because /var holds a lot of system log files, amongst other items. So the book suggests putting the anonymous ftp write directory on its own partition. Some other sysadmin books totally ignore this situation.

Careful attention should be paid to the last sections of the book, which discuss instrusion detection. A good precis of the main tools is furnished - for Ethereal, Nessus, nmap, Snort and others. You get enough details in the overview to understand their usages and their comparative advantages.