Index

H

hackers

broadband Internet connections, 309–310

buffer overflows, 311–312

firewalls, 309–310

intrusion-detection system (IDS), 259

network services, 244

Nmap port scanning tool, 313–314

passwords, 312–313

social engineering, 312

hard drive

adding, 343–344

backups, 18

defragmenting, 18, 20–21

FAT (File Access Table), 18–19

how it works, 322

IDE controller, 323–324

installing, 343–344

NTFS (NT File System), 18–19

partitions, 17–19, 36–37

preparing for Red Hat Linux installation, 18

repartitioning, 18–19

SCSI controller, 323

Hardware Browser utility, 319

hardware discovery, 325–326

HDSL (high bit-rate DSL), 87

HDSL2 (high bit-rate DSL 2), 87

help

GNOME, 131

HOWTOs, 296

Mozilla web browser, 143

OpenOffice, 168–169

hiding panels, 127

high bit-rate DSL (HDSL), 87

high bit-rate DSL 2 (HDSL2), 87

/home directory, 330

HOWTOs, 296

HTML editor, 218

hubs. See Ethernet hub/switch