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NAME="X-087-2-INTRO.OUTLOOK"
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>7. Overview</A
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><A
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HREF="x-087-2-intro.html"
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>Chapter 1</A
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>, discusses the history of Linux and
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covers basic networking information on UUCP, TCP/IP, various
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protocols, hardware, and security. The next few chapters deal with
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configuring Linux for TCP/IP networking and running some major
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applications. We examine IP a little more closely in <A
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HREF="x-087-2-issues.html"
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>Chapter 2</A
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>, before getting our hands dirty with file
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editing and the like. If you already know how IP routing works and how
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address resolution is performed, you can skip this chapter.</P
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><A
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>Chapter 3</A
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>, deals with very basic configuration issues,
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such as building a kernel and setting up your Ethernet card. The
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configuration of your serial ports is covered separately in
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<A
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>Chapter 4</A
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>, because the discussion does not apply
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to TCP/IP networking only, but is also relevant for UUCP.</P
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><A
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>Chapter 5</A
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>, helps you set up your machine for TCP/IP
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networking. It contains installation hints for standalone hosts with
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loopback enabled only, and hosts connected to an Ethernet. It also
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introduces you to a few useful tools you can use to test and debug your
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setup. <A
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>Chapter 6</A
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>, discusses how to configure hostname
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resolution and explains how to set up a name server.</P
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><A
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>Chapter 7</A
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>, explains how to establish SLIP connections
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and gives a detailed reference for <B
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>dip</B
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>, a tool that
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allows you to automate most of the necessary steps.
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<A
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>Chapter 8</A
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>, covers PPP and <B
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>pppd</B
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the PPP daemon.</P
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><A
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HREF="x-087-2-firewall.html"
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>Chapter 9</A
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>, extends our discussion on network
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security and describes the Linux TCP/IP firewall and its configuration
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tools: <B
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>ipfwadm</B
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>, <B
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>ipchains</B
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<B
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>iptables</B
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>. IP firewalling provides a means of
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controlling who can access your network and hosts very precisely.</P
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><A
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HREF="x-087-2-accounting.html"
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>Chapter 10</A
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>, explains how to configure IP Accounting
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in Linux so you can keep track of how much traffic is going where and who is
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generating it.</P
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><A
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HREF="x-087-2-ipmasq.html"
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>Chapter 11</A
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>, covers a feature of the Linux
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networking software called IP masquerade, which allows whole IP
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networks to connect to and use the Internet through a single IP
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address, hiding internal systems from outsiders in the process.</P
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><P
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><A
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>Chapter 12</A
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>, gives a short introduction to setting up some
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of the most important network applications, such as <B
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>rlogin</B
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<B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>ssh</B
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>, etc. This chapter also covers how services are managed
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by the <B
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>inetd</B
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> superuser, and how you may restrict certain
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security-relevant services to a set of trusted hosts.</P
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><A
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>Chapter 13</A
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>, and <A
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>Chapter 14</A
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>,
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discuss NIS and NFS. NIS is a tool used to distribute administative
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information, such as user passwords in a local area network. NFS
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allows you to share filesystems between several hosts in your network.</P
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><P
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>In <A
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HREF="x-087-2-ipx.html"
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>Chapter 15</A
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>, we discuss the IPX protocol and the NCP
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filesystem. These allow Linux to be integrated into a Novell NetWare
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environment, sharing files and printers with non-Linux machines.</P
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><A
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HREF="x-087-2-uucp.html"
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>Chapter 16</A
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>, gives you an extensive introduction to the
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administration of Taylor UUCP, a free implementation of the UUCP suite.</P
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>The remainder of the book is taken up by a detailed tour of electronic
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mail and Usenet news. <A
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>Chapter 17</A
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>, introduces you to the
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central concepts of electronic mail, like what a mail address looks like, and
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how the mail handling system manages to get your message to the
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recipient.</P
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>Chapter 18</A
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>, and <A
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>Chapter 19</A
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>, cover
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the configuration of <B
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>sendmail</B
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> and <B
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>exim</B
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>,
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two mail transport agents you can use for Linux. This book explains both
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of them, because <B
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>exim</B
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> is easier to install for the
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beginner, while <B
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>sendmail</B
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> provides support for UUCP.</P
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> <A
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>Chapter 20</A
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>, through <A
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>Chapter 23</A
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explain the way news is managed in Usenet and how you install and use
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C News, <B
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>nntpd</B
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>, and INN: three popular software
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packages for managing Usenet news. After the brief introduction in
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<A
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>Chapter 20</A
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>, you can read <A
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>Chapter 21</A
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>, if you want to transfer news using C News, a
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traditional service generally used with UUCP. The following chapters
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discuss more modern alternatives to C News that use the Internet-based
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protocol NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol). <A
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>Chapter 22</A
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> covers how to set up a simple NNTP daemon,
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<B
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>nntpd</B
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>, to provide news reading access for a local
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network, while <A
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>Chapter 23</A
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> describes a more robust
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server for more extensive NetNews transfers, the InterNet News daemon
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(INN). And finally, <A
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HREF="x-087-2-newsreaders.html"
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>Chapter 24</A
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how to configure and maintain various newsreaders.</P
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