Chapter 15: Building Your Own, Private Network
Chapter 16: Creating Basic Linux Network Services
Chapter 17: Securing Your Future
Chapter 18: Bringing In the Red Hat Linux Repair Man
Chapter 19: Building a Streaming Audio Server
In the great tradition of slackers and procrastinators, we have put off the real work as long as possible. In this part, you find out about how to make a server out of your Red Hat Linux computer. These chapters don’t turn you into a Linux guru capable of commanding six-figure consulting fees, but they introduce you to the technical side of Linux.
We start by describing in Chapter 15 how to build a simple Local Area Network (LAN). Building a LAN isn’t as difficult as it first sounds. You need to connect your computers, configure them to recognize each other, and then create an Internet gateway or firewall.
Chapter 16 shows how to use your Red Hat Linux computer as a network server on your newly created network; you can also provide services to the Internet.
We get serious in Chapter 17 and describe how to quickly but effectively secure your servers and network. This chapter is really an introduction to security methods and systems.
If (okay, when) you need to troubleshoot Red Hat Linux, check out Chapter 18. It provides some detailed help in fixing computer problems, with a special focus on networking. When you’re done with this part, you’ll be wearing pocket protectors with the best of us!
Chapter 19 returns from the serious world of computer security to have some fun. The chapter describes how to run a streaming audio service. Yes, you can run your own Internet radio station.