Linux Security Cookbook

Table of Contents; Preface; A Cookbook About Security?!?; Intended Audience; Roadmap of the Book; Our Security Philosophy; Supported Linux Distributions; Trying the Recipes; Conventions Used in This Book; We'd Like to Hear from You; Acknowledgments; System Snapshots with Tripwire; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 Setting Up Tripwire; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.2 Displaying the Policy and Configuration; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.3 Modifying the Policy and Configuration; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.4 Basic Integrity Checking; Problem; Solution; Discussion.;Computer security is an ongoing process, a relentless contest between system administrators and intruders. A good administrator needs to stay one step ahead of any adversaries, which often involves a continuing process of education. If you're grounded in the basics of security, however, you won't necessarily want a complete treatise on the subject each time you pick up a book. Sometimes you want to get straight to the point. That's exactly what the new Linux Security Cookbook does. Rather than provide a total security solution for Linux computers, the authors present a series of easy-to-fol.