Dear readers, I asked for a recommended reading on Linux security. The result was the book "Maximum Linux Security", published by SAMs and Linux Administrator's Security Guide: (http://www.securityportal.com/lasg/), which is free. Hope this helps someone looking for the same stuff... Best regards, Roman Blöth. -- gosub communications GbR | Fredersdorferstr. 10 | 10243 Berlin | Germany phone: [+49] (-30) 29 66 88 81 | fax: [+49] (-30) 29 66 88 84 | http://www.gosub.de
hallo, check this site out: http://www.informit.com/product/1575212684/ it looks like you can view the book online, but need to become a "member". i did not try it --> do not want extra e-mails, but it might be free :) -alexm p.s. btw the book "Maximum Security" used to be viewable for free online @ http://www.mcp.com/personal/ebooks/1575212684/index.htm now it is not there, so i think it is in the new location since the number matches :) On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, [ISO-8859-1] Roman Bl�th wrote:
Les Catterall wrote:
I've been advised off-list, that the title "Maximum Linux Security" *does* exist. This is in addition to the earlier publication, "Maximum Security". Both titles are by Anonymous. I had based my assertion (above) on a search of SAMS web site, http://www.samspublishing.com/ which yielded a reference to the earlier publication only. Having now done a wider search, I can confirm the following publication details: Anonymous "Maximum Linux Security" SAMS Publishing ISBN 0-672-31670-6 Which assumes the information given at the following URL is correct: http://www.nri.ca/Bookstore/OperatingSystems/Administration/MLS.html My apologies to Roman and the list. Oh what a wicked web .... Les Catterall
"Maximum Linux Security" does indeed exist, SAMS also released it on CD and I assembled all the software that accompanied it. Kurt
Both books exist, else how can i have them? eheh Maximum Security 2nd Edition, cover some common OS's, including linux and windows. The 3rd Edition of Maximum Security is called Maximum Linux Security, and cover only linux. IHMO if for suse you consider this an option, be aware that some very important issues arent covered in both books, so before that in the documentation provided with the SuSe, we got lots to read about security.. Also, add this links too your knowledge: http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/papers.html - great papers from Lance Spitzner, read with extra atention on "Armoring Linux". Its based on Red Hat distribution, and probably not all examples fit in your example, but its very friendly so you can easy do it on SuSe. The reference on Bastille, you can jump, and use instead use what is provided here http://www.suse.de/~marc/ . Bastille is for Red Hat and Mandrake, and really did mess things here on suse 6.4, like the strong password features can crash your GUI login (among other things). Get also a good Linux book, like Linux Unleashed (i suppose last edition is 4th) from SAMS, and you can also try other, not so consensual, like Hacking Exposed. http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/index.html?focus=linux gives you also some more good lectures, and many security books references in the Library area. [ ]'s bacano ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Catterall" <catterau@bigpond.com> To: "Roman Blöth" <bloeth@gosub.de>; <suse-security@suse.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [suse-security] Book on Linux security
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Anonymous "Maximum Linux Security" SAMS Publishing ISBN 0-672-31670-6
For the German readers: This book has been published by the Markt+Technik-Verlag München under the title "Linux Hacker's Guide" as a successor of the "Hacker's Guide" (Anonymous), both in German language. The book as seen a major overhaul by a German auditor after its translation and may contain fewer errors than the American original. I guess it makes a nice collection of security breaches of the last few years and may point the reader into the right direction by showing some illustrative examples. As one would expect, if a book is based on recent happenings, it can't be fully up-to-date. This applies to the "Linux Hacker's Guide", but it doesn't even claim that quality in the first place. Type "Anonymous" in http://www.mut.de/shop/shop.asp . [...]
My apologies to Roman and the list. Oh what a wicked web ....
I knew there's another one... :-) Gruß, Roman Drahtmüller. -- - - | Roman Drahtmüller <draht@suse.de> "Caution: Cape does not | SuSE GmbH - Security enable user to fly." | Nürnberg, Germany (Batman Costume warning label) | - -
hallo, check this site out: http://www.informit.com/product/1575212684/ it looks like you can view the book online, but need to become a "member". i did not try it --> do not want extra e-mails, but it might be free :) -alexm p.s. btw the book "Maximum Security" used to be viewable for free online @ http://www.mcp.com/personal/ebooks/1575212684/index.htm now it is not there, so i think it is in the new location since the number matches :) On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, [ISO-8859-1] Roman Bl�th wrote:
Les Catterall wrote:
I've been advised off-list, that the title "Maximum Linux Security" *does* exist. This is in addition to the earlier publication, "Maximum Security". Both titles are by Anonymous. I had based my assertion (above) on a search of SAMS web site, http://www.samspublishing.com/ which yielded a reference to the earlier publication only. Having now done a wider search, I can confirm the following publication details: Anonymous "Maximum Linux Security" SAMS Publishing ISBN 0-672-31670-6 Which assumes the information given at the following URL is correct: http://www.nri.ca/Bookstore/OperatingSystems/Administration/MLS.html My apologies to Roman and the list. Oh what a wicked web .... Les Catterall
"Maximum Linux Security" does indeed exist, SAMS also released it on CD and I assembled all the software that accompanied it. Kurt
Both books exist, else how can i have them? eheh Maximum Security 2nd Edition, cover some common OS's, including linux and windows. The 3rd Edition of Maximum Security is called Maximum Linux Security, and cover only linux. IHMO if for suse you consider this an option, be aware that some very important issues arent covered in both books, so before that in the documentation provided with the SuSe, we got lots to read about security.. Also, add this links too your knowledge: http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/papers.html - great papers from Lance Spitzner, read with extra atention on "Armoring Linux". Its based on Red Hat distribution, and probably not all examples fit in your example, but its very friendly so you can easy do it on SuSe. The reference on Bastille, you can jump, and use instead use what is provided here http://www.suse.de/~marc/ . Bastille is for Red Hat and Mandrake, and really did mess things here on suse 6.4, like the strong password features can crash your GUI login (among other things). Get also a good Linux book, like Linux Unleashed (i suppose last edition is 4th) from SAMS, and you can also try other, not so consensual, like Hacking Exposed. http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/index.html?focus=linux gives you also some more good lectures, and many security books references in the Library area. [ ]'s bacano ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Catterall" <catterau@bigpond.com> To: "Roman Blöth" <bloeth@gosub.de>; <suse-security@suse.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [suse-security] Book on Linux security
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Anonymous "Maximum Linux Security" SAMS Publishing ISBN 0-672-31670-6
For the German readers: This book has been published by the Markt+Technik-Verlag München under the title "Linux Hacker's Guide" as a successor of the "Hacker's Guide" (Anonymous), both in German language. The book as seen a major overhaul by a German auditor after its translation and may contain fewer errors than the American original. I guess it makes a nice collection of security breaches of the last few years and may point the reader into the right direction by showing some illustrative examples. As one would expect, if a book is based on recent happenings, it can't be fully up-to-date. This applies to the "Linux Hacker's Guide", but it doesn't even claim that quality in the first place. Type "Anonymous" in http://www.mut.de/shop/shop.asp . [...]
My apologies to Roman and the list. Oh what a wicked web ....
I knew there's another one... :-) Gruß, Roman Drahtmüller. -- - - | Roman Drahtmüller <draht@suse.de> "Caution: Cape does not | SuSE GmbH - Security enable user to fly." | Nürnberg, Germany (Batman Costume warning label) | - -
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