Practical UNIX Security tells system administrators how to make their UNIX system -- either System V or BSD -- as secure as it possibly can be without going to trusted system technology. The book describes UNIX concepts and how they enforce security, tells how to defend against and handle security breaches, and explains network security (including UUCP, NFS, Kerberos, and firewall machines) in detail. If you are a UNIX system administrator or user who deals with security, you need this book. It contains an excellent checklist of security procedures and dangerous UNIX system files, a detailed resource sumary, and chapters on detecting security attacks, legal options, and viruses and worms.
About the Author
Simson Garfinkel is a computer security researcher and an award-winning commentator on information technology. Among his twelve books are "Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century" (O’ Reilly, 2001) and "Practical UNIX and Internet Security, Third Edition" (O’ Reilly, 2003). A columnist for "CSO" magazine, Garfinkel’ s columns earned the 2004 and 2005 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award. He recently received his Ph.D. in computer science from MIT.
Beth Rosenberg is a writer, editor, and journalist with fifteen years of experience in emerging technologies. She has written for the "Boston Globe," "Boston" magazine, and the "Christian Science Monitor," and edited a book for Harvard’ s Kennedy School of Government.
Spafford is a professor at Purdue University, and Director of CERIAS.
