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No other book offers this much HP-UX specific security coverage! In this authoritative, comprehensive administrator's guide, leading HP-UX consultant Chris Wong covers every key aspect of HP-UX host security. Wong introduces "hot-off-the-press" HP-UX 11i capabilities and techniques for keeping mission-critical systems safe -- even when firewalls fail and backdoors are discovered. Coverage includes: securing NFS, UUCP, NNTP, DNS, NIS, NTP, the X Window System, and much more. Wong also introduces key public-domain HP-UX security tools, showing how to install, configure, and take full advantage of them. For all HP-UX system administrators, from novice to advanced-level; and for consultants, managers, security specialists, and others responsible for securing HP-UX systems.
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The total HP-UX 11i security reference and implementation guide
- Thorough coverage of HP-UX 11i's powerful new host security features
- Monitoring system access, activity, and change
- 10 ways to gain root access-what every system administrator needs to know
- Implementing Kerberos, PAM, IPSec, SCM, SCR, and IDS/9000
No other book offers this much HP-UX-specific security coverage! In this authoritative, comprehensive administrator's guide, leading HP-UX consultant Chris Wong covers every key aspect of HP-UX host security. Wong introduces "hot-off-the-press" HP-UX 11i capabilities and techniques for keeping mission-critical systems safe-even when firewalls fail and backdoors are discovered. Coverage includes:
- Understanding and addressing your key vulnerabilities
- 10 ways to gain root access-and what to do about them
- Managing users, groups, files, and directories from a security perspective
- Controlling access to the system and securing key services
- Safely distributing root privileges
- Using HP-UX software to enhance system security: SCM, SCR, Restricted SAM, IDS/9000, and the Security Patch Check Tool
- Security techniques for the multi-host environment: Berkeley programs, SSH, NIS, NIS+, LDAP, Kerberos, PAM, and IPSec/9000
- Tools and techniques for monitoring system activity and change
- Using public-domain programs: SARA, Tripwire, sudo, and logrotate
HP-UX 11i Security is the essential security resource for every HP-UX system administrator, from novice to advanced level—and for every consultant, manager, security specialist, and e-business professional responsible for protecting HP-UX applications and data.
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