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TCP/IP Network Administration (3rd Edition; O'Reilly Networking)

TCP/IP Network Administration (3rd Edition; O'Reilly Networking)

by Craig Hunt

This complete guide to setting up and running a TCP/IP network is essential for network administrators, and invaluable for users of home systems that access the Internet. The book starts with the fundamentals -- what protocols do and how they work, how addresses and routing are used, how to set up your network connection -- then covers advanced routing protocols, and provides tutorials on configuring important... (more)

Using Samba

by David Collier-Brown, Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein, Gerald Carter

This book, which has been officially adopted by the Samba team under an open content license, is a comprehensive guide to Samba administration, including such recent additions as integration with Windows NT domains and the SWAT graphic configuration tool. Troubleshooting, security, connectivity, performance, and logging are thoroughly covered with examples in this book. Samba is a cross-platform triumph: it turns... (more)

Learning the vi Editor (6th Edition)

by Linda Lamb, Arnold Robbins

For many users, working in the Unix environment means using vi , a full-screen text editor available on most Unix systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features. The sixth edition of Learning the vi Editor is a complete guide to text editing with vi . Early chapters cover the basics; later chapters explain more advanced editing tools, such as ex commands and global... (more)

DNS and BIND (5th Edition)

by Paul Albitz, Cricket Liu

DNS and BIND tells you everything you need to work with one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the distributed host information database that's responsible for translating names into addresses, routing mail to its proper destination, and even listing phone numbers with the new ENUM standard. This book brings you up-to-date with the latest changes in this crucial service. The fifth edition covers BIND... (more)

Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd Edition)

Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2nd Edition)

by Olaf Kirch

Linux Network Administrator's Guide , one of the most successful books to come from the Linux Documentation Project, touches on all the essential networking software included with the operating system, plus some hardware considerations. Fully updated, this impressive, comprehensive introduction to networking on Linux now covers firewalls, including the use of ipchains and iptables (netfilter), masquerading, and... (more)

The Complete FreeBSD, Fourth Edition

by Greg Lehey

The Complete FreeBSD is an eminently practical guidebook that explains not only how to get a computer up and running with the FreeBSD operating system, but also how to turn it into a highly functional and secure server that can host large numbers of users and disks, support remote access, and provide web service, mail service, and other key parts of the Internet infrastructure. The book provides in-depth... (more)

Linux Administration Handbook

by Trent R. Hein, Garth Snyder, Evi Nemeth

Up until now, Linux administration books have focused on the management of a single server. This is the first Linux administration guide specifically focused on the needs of administrators working in production/enterprise environments that may consist of hundreds or even thousands of servers which must be managed centrally to deliver optimal availability and performance. The book contains extensive coverage of... (more)

Essential System Administration, Third Edition

Essential System Administration, Third Edition

by Eleen Frisch, Aeleen Frisch

Essential System Administration ,3rd Edition is the definitive guide for Unix system administration, covering all the fundamental and essential tasks required to run such divergent Unix systems as AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Tru64 and more. Essential System Administration provides a clear, concise, practical guide to the real world issues that anyone responsible for a Unix system faces daily. The new... (more)

Unix in a Nutshell: System V & Solaris 2.0

Unix in a Nutshell: System V & Solaris 2.0

by Daniel Gilly

You may have seen UNIX quick-reference guides, but you've never seen anything like UNIX in a Nutshell . Not a scaled-down quick reference of common commands, UNIX in a Nutshell is a complete reference containing all commands and options, along with generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in context. For all but the thorniest UNIX problems, this one reference should be all the documentation you... (more)

UNIX Power Tools (In a Nutshell)

by Tim O'Reilly, Michael Kosta Loukides

Ideal for UNIX users who hunger for technical--yet accessible--information, UNIX Power Tools consists of tips, tricks, concepts, and freeware (CD-ROM included). It also covers add-on utilities and how to take advantage of clever features in the most popular UNIX utilities. This is a browser's book...like a magazine that you don't read from start to finish, but leaf through repeatedly until you realize that... (more)

What You Need To Know: when you can't find your UNIX system administrator (What You Need to Know)

What You Need To Know: when you can't find your UNIX system administrator (What You Need to Know)

by Linda Mui

If you're like most UNIX users, you have a job to do aside from exploring your operating system -- like analyzing that hot new stock, running another experiment, or typesetting another report. What happens when you have problems? What happens when the system slows to a crawl, when you can't get logged back in after a power failure, or when you've sent a file to the printer three times but have yet to find a... (more)

SELinux by Example: Using Security Enhanced Linux (Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series)

SELinux by Example: Using Security Enhanced Linux (Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series)

by Frank Mayer

SELinux: Bring World-Class Security to Any Linux Environment! SELinux offers Linux/UNIX integrators, administrators, and developers a state-of-the-art platform for building and maintaining highly secure solutions. Now that SELinux is included in the Linux 2.6 kernel--and delivered by default in Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and other major distributions--it's easier than ever to take advantage of its... (more)

Implementing Backup and Recovery: The Readiness Guide for the Enterprise

Implementing Backup and Recovery: The Readiness Guide for the Enterprise

by David B. Little

* Offers the first comprehensive reference on the topic of backup systems for both UNIX and Windows NT * Provides a complete tutorial on the general topic of data backup systems along with a detailed, step-by-step guide for planning and full implementation of backup systems * Authors include personal tips and strategic and tactical advice gained from many company implementations * Uses VERITAS... (more)

Running Linux (3rd Edition)

by Matt Welsh, Kalle Matthias Dalheimer, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer

You may be contemplating your first Linux installation. Or you may have been using Linux for years and need to know more about adding a network printer or setting up an FTP server. "Running Linux," now in its fifth edition, is the book you'll want on hand in either case. Widely recognized in the Linux community as the ultimate getting-started and problem-solving book, it answers the questions and tackles the... (more)

Linux System Security: The Administrator's Guide to Open Source Security Tools

Linux System Security: The Administrator's Guide to Open Source Security Tools

by Scott Mann

As more companies are moving to Linux for mission-critical applications, security becomes a major issue. This guide explains the pros and cons of the most the valuable open source security tools and is complete with implementation details. It gives detailed instructions on the implementation, configuration, and use of publicly available tools and features of Linux as they relate to Linux security. Essential... (more)

Ethernet: The Definitive Guide

by Charles Spurgeon

Ethernet has been the flavor of choice for networking administrators since the early 1980s because of its ease of use and scalability. Written by one of the foremost experts on Ethernet standards and configuration, Ethernet: The Definitive Guide includes everything you need to know to set up and maintain an Ethernet network. It is divided into five parts. Introduction to Ethernet: a tour of basic... (more)

Moving to the Linux Business Desktop

by Marcel Gagne?

Switch your business to Linux: proven techniques for working IT Professionals This is the complete technical resource for migrating your business desktops to Linux, administering them efficiently, and using them to drive cost savings throughout your organization. Respected Linux Journal columnist Marcel Gagné walks you step-by-step through planning and managing the transition, getting users up and running, and... (more)

Practice of System and Network Administration, The (2nd Edition)

Practice of System and Network Administration, The (2nd Edition)

by Tom Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup

The first edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration introduced a generation of system and network administrators to a modern IT methodology. Whether you use Linux, Unix, or Windows, this newly revised edition describes the essential practices previously handed down only from mentor to protégé. This wonderfully lucid, often funny cornucopia of information introduces beginners to advanced... (more)

Windows Vista Security: Securing Vista Against Malicious Attacks (PC Magazine)

Windows Vista Security: Securing Vista Against Malicious Attacks (PC Magazine)

by Jesper M. Johansson, Roger A. Grimes

Written by two veteran Windows security experts—one a Microsoft Security MVP and Foundstone Security Consultant, and the other a former senior member of Microsoft's Security Engineering Team—this essential resource prepares end users and technical administrators to handle various security problems that exist in Windows Vista as well as possible future threats. Offering in-depth coverage of all significant new... (more)

Linux Firewalls (New Riders Professional Library)

Linux Firewalls (New Riders Professional Library)

by Steve Suehring, Robert L. Ziegler

With the explosion of Linux on both college campuses and in corporate environments, any marketable CS student will need Linux skills in his bag. In addition to guiding students through the basic steps of designing and implementing a packet-filtering firewall, Linux Firewalls discusses disabling unnecessary services, selecting services to make public, and identifying dangerous local services that need to be... (more)

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