Ebook: Red Hat Linux Security and Optimization

Red Hat Linux Security and Optimization is a reference for power-users and administrators covering all security issues, including Filesystems Security, Securing root accounts and Firewalls. Other Security books talk about how to apply certain patches to fix a security problem. This book shows the reader how to secure all applications so that the chances for a security breach are automatically minimized. Application performance benchmarking will also be covered. The reference introduces the reader to many application specific performance and benchmarking techniques and shows readers how to tune their computer as well as their networks. This book will cover all the primary Red Hat Linux Applications such as Apache Web Server, WuFTP, FTP server, BIND DNS server, Sendmail SMTP server and focus on how to enhance security for each of them. It will also show the reader how to secure NFS and Samba Server, and well as the Apache Web Server.