Topics covered in this section include:
General
Protocols
Dial-up
DNS
Virtual Private Networks
Bridging
Routing
Security
Telephony / Satellite
Miscellaneous
General
Networking-Overview-HOWTO,
The Linux Networking Overview HOWTO
Updated: July 2000.
Overview of the networking capabilities of the Linux Operating System;
provides pointers for further information and implementation details.
Net-HOWTO,
Linux Networking HOWTO
Updated: December 2000.
Information about networking for Linux (relates only to version 4 of
the Linux Networking Kernel or more specifically kernel releases
2.x and 2.2.x).
Previously called the Net 3/4 and Net-3 HOWTOs.
ADSL-Bandwidth-Management-HOWTO,
ADSL Bandwidth Management HOWTO
Updated: August 2001.
Describes how to configure a linux router to more
effectively manage outbound traffic on an ADSL modem.
Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO,
Bandwidth Limiting HOWTO
Updated: November 2001.
Describes how to set up your Linux server to limit download bandwidth
or incoming traffic, and how to use your internet link
more efficiently.
Cable-Modem,
Cable Modem Providers HOWTO
Updated: June 2001.
Answers basic questions on how to connect your Linux box to cable modem
or cable Internet provider.
DHCP,
DHCP mini-HOWTO
Updated: October 2000.
Answers basic questions on how to set up your
Linux box to serve as a DHCP server or a DHCP client.
Diskless-root-NFS-HOWTO,
Root over nfs clients & server HOWTO
Updated: March 1999.
How to setup a server and configure clients for diskless operation
from a network.
Diskless-root-NFS-other-HOWTO,
Root over NFS - Another Approach
Updated: September 2001.
Another approach to
Diskless-root-NFS-HOWTO.
Diskless-HOWTO,
Diskless Nodes HOWTO for Linux
Updated: May 2002.
How to set up a diskless Linux box.
Divert-Sockets-mini-HOWTO,
Divert Sockets mini-HOWTO
Updated: February 2000.
Describes how to get, compile and use FreeBSD divert sockets under
Linux 2.2.12.
Domain,
Setting Up Your New Domain Mini-HOWTO
Updated: October 2000.
Outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to
set up a network of computers under your own domain.
DSL-HOWTO,
DSL HOWTO for Linux
Updated: July 2002.
Examines the DSL family of high speed Internet services now
being deployed in various
markets worldwide. Information is included on the technology
behind DSL as well as subscribing,
installing, configuring, and troubleshooting, with an emphasis
on how this impacts Linux users.
IP-Subnetworking,
IP Sub-Networking mini-HOWTO
Updated: August 2001.
Describes why and how to subnetwork an IP network - that is using
a single A, B or C Class network number to function correctly on
several interconnected networks.
IP-Alias,
Setting Up IP Aliasing On A Linux Machine Mini-HOWTO
Updated: January 2001.
How to set up and run IP aliasing on a Linux box.
Leased-Line,
Leased line mini-HOWTO
Updated: August 2000.
Configuring your modem and pppd to use a 2 wire twisted pair leased line.
Modem-HOWTO,
Modem HOWTO
Updated: June 2002.
Help with selecting, connecting, configuring, trouble-shooting, and
understanding modems for a PC.
Modem-Dialup-NT-HOWTO,
Modem-Dialup-NT HOW-TO
Updated: June 2002.
Helps you to setup a modem to do Dial-up Networking with
a remote server like Windows NT RAS or Linux RAS (Remote
Access Server).
Multicast-HOWTO,
Multicast over TCP/IP HOWTO
Updated: March 1998.
Tries to cover most aspects related to multicast over TCP/IP networks.
Netscape+Proxy,
HOWTO for inHouse IntraNet
Updated: August 1997.
Describes the procedure to set up a NETWORK (INTRANET) at your
home. Then we shall setup the network such that NETSCAPE Clients
can be used on ANY machine to access the internet. . .
Network-boot-HOWTO,
Network boot and exotic root HOWTO
Updated: April 2002.
Explains how to quickly setup a linux server
to provide what diskless linux clients require to get up
and running, using an IP network.
NIS-HOWTO,
The Linux NIS(YP)/NYS/NIS+ HOWTO
Updated: November 2000.
How to configure Linux as NIS(YP) or NIS+ client and how to install
as a NIS server.
NFS-HOWTO,
NFS HOWTO
Updated: July 2002.
How to set up NFS clients and servers.
Proxy-ARP-Subnet,
ProxyARP Subnetting HOWTO
Updated: August 2000.
Discusses using Proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) with
subnetting in order to make a small network of machines visible on
another Internet Protocol (IP) subnet.
Remote-Boot,
Linux Remote-Boot mini-HOWTO: Configuring Remote-Boot Workstations
with Linux, DOS, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT
Updated: February 1999.
How to set up a very robust and secure server-based configuration for
a cluster of PCs, allowing each client to choose at boot-time which
operating system to run.
Remote-X-Apps,
Remote X Apps mini-HOWTO
Updated: December 2001.
How to run remote X applications.
Token-Ring,
Token-Ring mini-HOWTO
Updated: January 2002.
Designed to help you get up and running using a Token Ring
adaptor to access the network.
Windows-LAN-Server-HOWTO,
Windows LAN server HOW-TO
Updated: September 2000.
Intended to assist those who wish to consider Linux
as a server within an office environment which has PC's primarily
running Microsoft Windows 9x.
Protocols
ATM-Linux-HOWTO,
ATM on Linux HOWTO
Updated: October 2001.
Describes how to install, setup, and configure the necessary
drivers and tools to support ATM networking under Linux.
Compressed-TCP,
Compressed TCP/IP-Sessions using SSH-like tools
Updated: April 2000.
Discusses how to compress data streams.
Ethernet-HOWTO,
Linux Ethernet HOWTO
Updated: October 2000.
Information about which ethernet devices can be used for Linux, and
how to set them up (focused on the hardware and low level driver
aspect of the ethernet cards; see Network HOWTO for software
configuration information).
Linux+IPv6-HOWTO,
Linux IPv6 HOWTO
Updated: July 2002.
The goal of this HOWTO is to answer both basic and
advanced questions about IPv6 on the Linux operating system.
This HOWTO will provide the reader with enough information to
install, configure, and use IPv6 applications on Linux machines.
IPX-HOWTO,
Linux IPX HOWTO
Updated: May 1998.
How to obtain, install and configure various tools available for the
Linux operating system that use the Linux kernel IPX protocol support.
LDAP-HOWTO,
LDAP Linux HOWTO
Updated: July 2001.
Information about installing, configuring, running and maintaining a
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Server on a Linux
machine.
LDAP-Implementation-HOWTO,
LDAP Implementation HOWTO
Updated: March 2001.
Describes the technical aspects of storing application data
in a LDAP server. It focuses on the configuration of various
applications to make them LDAP-aware.
PLIP,
LINUX PLIP mini-HOWTO
Updated: March 1998.
Will hopefully let you build and use a Parallel Line Interface Protocol.
PLIP-Install-HOWTO,
PLIP Install HOWTO
Updated: July 2002.
How to install a Gnu/Linux distribution on a computer without
Ethernet card, nor cdrom, but just a local floppy drive and a remote
nfs server attached by a Null-Modem parallel cable.
PPP-HOWTO,
Linux PPP HOWTO
Updated: July 2000.
How to connect your Linux PC to a PPP server, how to use PPP to link
two LANs together; provides one method of setting up your Linux
computer as a PPP server. The document also provides help in
debugging non-functional PPP connections.
ppp-ssh,
VPN PPP-SSH Mini-HOWTO
Updated: January 2002.
A PPP-SSH VPN is probably the easiest type of VPN to set up.
It uses nothing more than the very common PPP and SSH utilities
to form an encrypted network tunnel between two hosts.
SLIP-PPP-Emulator,
SLIP/PPP Emulator mini-HOWTO
Updated: February 2001.
Describes how to get your Linux box to connect to a generic site
via a SLIP/PPP emulator, such as SLiRP or TIA.
SMB-HOWTO,
SMB HOWTO
Updated: April 2000.
How to use the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, also called the
Session Message Block, NetBIOS or LanManager protocol, with Linux
using Samba.
Wireless-HOWTO,
Wireless HOWTO for Linux Systems
Updated: June 2002.
Document explains how to setup Wireless in Linux,
compatibility problems, something about geographic requirements
and more.
Wireless-Link-sys-WPC11,
Link-sys WPC11 Mini-HOWTO
Updated: June 2002.
How to set up a Wireless Link-Sys WPC11 card
using a Link-SYS Wireless Access Point/DSL/Switch on a Debian system.
Wireless-Sync-HOWTO,
Wireless Sync HOWTO
Updated: December 2001.
Explains how to perform a wireless, network sync
between a Handspring Visor and jpilot or jpilot-sync.
Dial-up
BTI-PPP,
BTinternet PPPd mini-HOWTO
Updated: March 2002.
Describes how to setup a modem PPPd link to Btinternet in
the UK.
Call-back
call-back mini HOWTO
Updated: October 2001.
How to set up call-back by using the Linux system and modem.
Diald-HOWTO,
Diald HOWTO
Updated: April 2000.
Shows some typical scenarios for easy start using Diald.
Replaces the Diald mini-HOWTO.
ISP-Connectivity,
ISP-Connectivity mini-HOWTO
Updated: November 2001.
How to setup PPP, connect up to your ISP, configure mail and news,
get a permanent IP (if available), get a domain name, and have a
bona fide system running in a little over thirty minutes.
ISP-Hookup-HOWTO,
ISP-Hookup HOWTO
Updated: March 1998.
How to use Linux to connect to an Internet Service Provider via a
dial-up modem TCP/IP connection (basic dial-up procedure and IP
establishment, email and news handling is covered).
DNS
Chroot-BIND-HOWTO,
Chroot-BIND HOWTO
Updated: December 2001.
Describes installing the BIND 9 nameserver to run in a chroot
jail and as a non-root user, to provide added security and minimise the
potential effects of a security compromise.
Chroot-BIND8-HOWTO,
Chroot-BIND8 HOWTO
Updated: July 2001.
Describes installing the BIND 8 nameserver to run in a chroot
jail and as a non-root user, to provide added security and minimise the
potential effects of a security compromise.
DNS-HOWTO,
DNS HOWTO
Updated: December 2001.
How to become a totally "small time" DNS admin.
Virtual Private Networks
VPN-HOWTO,
VPN HOWTO
Updated: May 2002.
How to set up a Virtual Private Network with Linux.
VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO,
Linux VPN Masquerade HOWTO
Updated: October 2000.
How to configure a Linux firewall to masquerade IPsec- and PPTP-based
Virtual Private Network traffic, allowing you to establish a VPN
connection without losing the security and flexibility of your Linux
firewall's internet connection and allowing you to make available a
VPN server that does not have a registered internet IP address.
Cipe+Masq,
The Linux Cipe+Masquerading mini-HOWTO
Updated: April 1999.
How to setup a VPN using Cipe on a linux masquerading firewall.
Firewall-Piercing,
Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO
Updated: November 2001.
Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network activities
transparently through an Internet firewall.
IPCHAINS-HOWTO,
Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO
Updated: July 2000.
How to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling
chains software for Linux, and some ideas on how you might use them.
MindTerm-SSH-HOWTO,
Encrypted Tunnels using SSH and MindTerm HOWTO
Updated: June 2001.
How to use SSH and the Java-based program MindTerm to create
quick, secure, and reliable VPN-like tunnels over insecure networks.
ppp-ssh,
VPN PPP-SSH Mini-HOWTO
Updated: January 2002.
A PPP-SSH VPN is probably the easiest type of VPN to set up.
It uses nothing more than the very common PPP and SSH utilities
to form an encrypted network tunnel between two hosts.
Bridging
BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO,
Linux BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO
Updated: January 2001.
Describes how to setup a bridge with the recent kernel patches and brctl
utility by Lennert Buytenhek. With developer kernel 2.3.47 the new
bridging code is part of the mainstream. On 20.06.2000 there are patches
for stable kernels 2.2.14 and 2.2.15. What happens if a penguin
crosses a bridge?
Bridge,
Bridging mini-HOWTO
Updated: May 2002.
Describes how to setup an ethernet bridge.
Bridge+Firewall,
Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO
Updated: December 1997.
A bridge is an intelligent connection wire between two network cards.
A firewall is an intelligent insulator.
Bridge+Firewall+DSL,
Bridge + Firewall + DSL Mini-HOWTO
Updated: November 2000.
Configuring a Linux system to act as a firewall and bridge with
a DSL network connection.
Remote-Bridging,
Remote Bridging with IP Tunnels mini-HOWTO
Updated: May 2002.
Describes how to unite two separate ethernet LANs with
an IP tunnel between them.
Routing
Adv-Routing-HOWTO,
Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO
Updated: July 2002.
A very hands-on approach to iproute2, traffic shaping and a bit
of netfilter.
Querying-libiptc-HOWTO,
Querying libiptc HOWTO
Updated: April 2002.
Explains how to use the libiptc library included in the
iptables package and how to use programs to query the internal
structures.
PortSlave,
PortSlave How-To using the Linux Router
Updated: October 2000.
A beginning document for using Portslave with the Linux router.
IP-Masquerade-HOWTO,
Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO
Updated: April 2002.
How to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a given Linux host.
Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO,
Masquerading Made Simple HOWTO
Updated: July 2002.
Describes how to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a given Linux host.
Should be used as a complement to the
the IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.
Security
Authentication-Gateway-HOWTO,
Authentication Gateway HOWTO
Updated: May 2002.
Document explains how to setup an authentication gateway.
Bridge+Firewall,
Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO
Updated: December 1997.
A bridge is an intelligent connection wire between two network cards.
A firewall is an intelligent insulator.
Bridge+Firewall+DSL,
Bridge + Firewall + DSL Mini-HOWTO
Updated: November 2000.
Configuring a Linux system to act as a firewall and bridge with
a DSL network connection.
Domain,
Setting Up Your New Domain Mini HOWTO
Updated: October 2000.
Outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to
setup a network of computers under your own domain. Covers
configuration of network parameters, network services, and security
settings.
Firewall-HOWTO,
Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO
Updated: February 2000.
Designed to describe the basics of firewall systems and give you some
detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux
based system.
Firewall-Piercing,
Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO
Updated: November 2001.
Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network activities
transparently through an Internet firewall.
IPCHAINS-HOWTO,
Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO
Updated: July 2000.
How to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling
chains software for Linux, and some ideas on how you might use them.
Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO,
Sentry Firewall CD HOWTO
Updated: June 2002.
An introduction on how the Sentry Firewall CDROM
works and how to get started using the system.
Snort-Statistics-HOWTO,
Snort-Setup for Statistics HOWTO
Updated: February 2002.
Describes how to configure Snort version 1.8.3 to be
used in conjunction with the statistical tools ACID (Analysis Console
for Intrusion Databases) and SnortSnarf.
SSL-Certificates-HOWTO,
SSL Certificates HOWTO
Updated: May 2002.
How to manage a certificate authority (CA),
and issue or sign certificates to be used for secure web, secure
e-mail, or signing code and other usages.
SSL-RedHat-HOWTO,
Building a Secure RedHat Apache Server HOWTO
Updated: February 2001.
Explains how PKI and SSL work together. It is essential
to understand how the SSL protocol works to successfully
deploy a secure server.
Telephony / Satellite
Sat-HOWTO,
Sat (Satellite Technology) HOWTO
Updated: June 2002.
Investigates "State of Art" Sat connections in a Linux
environment; how to get them faster and how to share them with
many clients.
VoIP-HOWTO,
VoIP Howto
Updated: June 2002.
Voice Over IP is a new communication means that let you telephone
with Internet at almost null cost. This document covers how this
is done.
Miscellaneous
Caudium-HOWTO,
Caudium HOWTO
Updated: June 2002.
An overview of the Caudium (web) server. Includes information
on setup, development, and optimization.
Home-Network-mini-HOWTO,
Red Hat Linux 6. X as an Internet Gateway for a Home Network
Updated: June 2000.
Tutorial on configuring Red Hat 6 and related variants to operate
as an internet gateway to a small home or office network.
Topics covered include masquerading, DNS, DHCP, and basic security.
Pager,
The Linux Alphanumeric Pager Gateway Mini-HOWTO
Updated: July 2001.
Discusses the compilation and installation of e-mail to Pager
gateway.
UUCP-HOWTO,
The Linux UUCP HOWTO
Updated: December 2001.
Describes the setup, care & feeding of UUCP under Linux.
VideoLAN-HOWTO,
VideoLAN Howto
Updated: May 2002.
Describes how to use the complete VideoLAN solution.