Selected Linux Bibliography

 

O'Reilly Titles:

  • Bandits on the Information Super Highway
  • Building Internet Firewalls
  • CGI Programming on the World Wide Web
  • Computer Crime
  • Computer Security Basics
  • Cracking DES
  • Essential System Administration
  • Linux in a Nutshell
  • Java Cryptography
  • Java Security
  • Networking CD Bookshelf
  • Oracle Security
  • PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
  • Practical UNIX & Internet Security, 2nd Edition
  • Protecting Networks with SATAN
  • Stopping Spam
  • Virtual Private Networks, 2nd Edition
  • Web Security & Commerce
  • Web Security: A Matter of Trust
  • Web Client Programming with Perl

   

Security

Sections on security (administration, intrusions, spoofing, CERT, firewalls, filters, forging, hackers, detection, encryption, smurfing, flooding, hijacking, spamming, auditing, patches, authorization, authentication, secure shell, etc.) in the following:

  • UNIX System Administration Handbook, Second Edition. Nemeth, Snyder, Seebass, Hein, PH/PTR
  • UNIX System Administrator's Bible. Yves Lepage and Paul Iarrera, IDG
  • Maximum Security -- , A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Internet Site and Network, Second Edition. Anonymous, SAMS
  • Linux Companion for System Administrators. Jochen Hein, Addison-Wesley
  • Linux System Administration Handbook. Komarinski, Collett, PH/PTR
  • Special Edition Using UNIX, Third Edition. Kuo, Que

 

Additional information

  • System Administration, Networking, and Security publication, titled "1999 Network Security Roadmap Poster", which contains:

    • Incident Response Center list, vendor-specific security info sites, security web sites, security book list, security mail lists
    • How to Implement Security into Your Site
    • Pitfalls and Vulnerabilities

  • 2600 Magazine and related web site, www.2600.com

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