Thinking security
Preventing intruders
Updating Red Hat Linux packages
Deactivating services with chkconfig
Using the Secure Shell client
Configuring a Secure Shell server
Securing your web server with SSL
Reading logs
Understanding the security process
Protecting your individual computers and collective network is an essential task in today’s insecure world. Unfortunately, computer and network security is a big, complex job. This chapter boils down that job to some essential functions. We describe several straightforward methods and utilities that bring your security job down to size. Using these ideas makes both your computers and network safer.
This chapter describes security methods and systems. We have chosen several security tools and systems that should give you the most bang for your buck. This chapter provides a starting point for making your computers and network safer. We encourage you to continue learning and evolving your security system.