Red Hat Linux Network Toolkit [Paperback]

Paul G. Sery (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764546562 | ISBN-13: 978-0764546563 | Publication Date: April 11, 2000 | Edition: 2nd

Red Hat^® Linux^® Network Toolkit, 2nd Edition Now updated and expanded with new information on firewalls, Samba, Arkeia, and more, this acclaimed guide gives you all the tools and techniques you need to implement a robust, reliable Linux network. From setting up Samba and e-mail servers to creating firewalls and automated backups, author Paul Sery demystifies the design, configuration, and administration of a Linux network — and shows you step-by-step how to build a secure, cost-effective system for your organization. Working Linux Solutions for Network Challenges:

• Set up a simple client-server network, from installation to troubleshooting
• Understand how Linux works and explore configuration options
• Harness the power of Samba to share resources and expand network functionality
• Connect your network to the Internet — and evaluate today's broadband options
• Extend network services with DNS, NFS, NIS, and e-mail servers
• Get up to speed on system administration basics, from managing accounts to scripting
• Use Arkeia to automate network backups — and save time and trouble
• Build firewalls and add active security measures to keep your server and network safe

2 CD-ROMs with Red Hat Linux 6.1, including:

• ApplixWare office suite demo
• Arkeia automated network backup system demo (30-day trial)
• Firewall scripts (ipchains)
• Diald networking scripts
• DNS (Domain Name Server) scripts
• E-mail server configuration
• Plus bonus CD-ROM chapters on Linux resources

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Working Linux Solutions for Network Challenges:

Set up a simple client-server network, from installation to troubleshooting

Understand how Linux works and explore configuration options

Harness the power of Samba to share resources and expand network functionality

Connect your network to the Internet -- and evaluate today's broadband options

Extend network services with DNS, NFS, NIS, and e-mail servers

Get up to speed on system administration basics, from managing accounts to scripting

Use Arkeia to automate network backups -- and save time and trouble

Build firewalls and add active security measures to keep your server and network safe

2 CD-ROMS with Red Hat Linux 6.1, including:

ApplixWare office suite demo Arkeia automated network backup system demo (30-day trial) Firewall scripts (ipchains) Diald networking scripts DNS (Domain Name Server) scripts E-mail server configuration Plus bonus CD-ROM chapters on Linux resources

About the Author

About the Author Paul G. Sery is a UNIX systems administrator for Productive Systems, Inc., in support of the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is also the coauthor of Red Hat^® Linux^® in Small Business and Red Hat Linux For Dummies^®.

Product Details

• Paperback: 439 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd edition (April 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764546562
• ISBN-13: 978-0764546563
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,891,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for creating a home/small office network, April 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Red Hat Linux Network Toolkit (Paperback)

If you are planning to put together a small network (home or office) connected to the internet through a Linux box, then this book is perfect!

The key points of setting up a network, DNS, file sharing, email, firewall, backups etc. are all explained and often have supporting scripts or files provided on the CDs. If you are using any flavor of Linux, this book is good. If you are using Redhat (a version is included on a CD with the book), then it is excellent (Redhat has a few file structure differences that are clearly addressed).

The book is organized well too. The first 3 chapters step through installing Linux, connecting a Windows PC and troubleshooting in a way that you are virtually guaranteed to have a network running without fail. It is very cool to have accomplished setting up a network within such a short time. The remainder of the book goes into more detail of various aspects of network/Linux services in order to expand upon the basic network that was built. By the end of the book, I had a fully functional network with all the services I could use. This book was an excellent investment!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Security problem on accompanying CD, June 11, 2000

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Hans Cathcart - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Hat Linux Network Toolkit (Paperback)

I noticed that on the 2nd CD that is included with this book there is a script called: "make_firewall.sh" If you execute this script, it will start to "rpm -e" (yes that's erase) all the RPMs listed in an accompanying file called "rpms_to_remove". Nowhere on the CD does it tell you that this script will do this. I suspect it was placed there in error. BE CAREFUL!

Otherwise I find this book pretty good for a beginning understanding of Linux networking.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One More Thought On The Security Scripts, August 6, 2000

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Robert L. Cochran (Greenbelt, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Hat Linux Network Toolkit (Paperback)

My earlier review should have mentioned Hans Cathcart's comments about scripts which remove installed products. He thinks the script was added to the CD in error. If you check the book carefully you will find a discussion of why some installed packages should be removed. Chapter 12 starting at about page 386 discusses removal of unnecessary software on a *firewall computer*. Mr. Sery is talking in the context of a standalone firewall machine, not your personal work machine. It's important to understand this distinction and to read Chapter 12 before you run any of his scripts from the CDs. You would not want to run these security scripts on your *personal* machine.

Of course Mr. Sery is overlooking a small fact -- most home users don't have the money or knowhow to set up a standalone firewall computer, quite separate from their personal work machines.