HACK PROOFING LINUX

By V. GAENM

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO OPEN SOURCE SECURITY HARDENING THE OPERATING SYSTEM SYSTEM SCANNING AND PROBING IMPLEMENTING AN INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM TROUBLESHOOTING THE NETWORK WITH SNIFFERS NETWORK AUTHENTICATION AND ENCRYPTION AVOIDING SNIFFING ATTACKS THROUGH ENCRYPTION CREATING VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS IMPLEMENTING A FIREWALL WITH IPCHAINS AND IPTABLES DEPLOYING THE SQUID WEB PROXY CACHE SERVER MAINTAINING FIREWALLS