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>Organization of This Book</TITLE
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>Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition -A Hands on Guide</TH
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><A
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>Prev</A
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>Chapter 1. Introduction</TD
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>1.2. Organization of This Book</A
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> Depending of your level of knowledge in Linux, you can read this book from the start to finish
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or each chapter which may be of interest to you. Each chapter and section of this book appears
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in a manner that let you read only the relevant parts of your interest without the need to schedule
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a couple of day's reading.
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> Too many books available as of now take two pages to explain something that
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can be explained in two lines, I'm sure that many of you agree with my opinion. This book attempts a different
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path, in the sense, only the essential and important information that the readers are interested in knowing are
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explained in detail thereby eliminating all the nonsense. Though the fact that you can read this book in any
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order you want, there is a particular order that you could follow if something seem to be confusing
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for you. The steps shown below is what I recommend to facilitate a smooth reading.
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> <A
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>Chapter 2</A
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> through <A
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>Chapter 4</A
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> will guide you to do these steps:
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> Setup Linux in your computer
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> Remove all the unnecessary <SPAN
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>RPM</SPAN
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> package(s) during setup
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</P
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><LI
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> Install the necessary <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>RPM</SPAN
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> package(s) for compilation
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</P
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>Chapter 5</A
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>Chapter 7</A
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> will guide you with these additional steps:
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> Secure the system in general
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> Optimize the system in general
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><LI
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><P
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> Install, recompile and customize the Kernel
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</P
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> <P
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><UL
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><LI
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> <A
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>Chapter 24</A
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> will guide you through this:
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><LI
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><P
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> Install OpenSSL to be able to use encryption with the Linux server
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</P
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></OL
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</P
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><LI
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> <A
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>Chapter 15</A
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> will guide you through this:
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><LI
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> Install OpenSSH to be able to make remote administration tasks
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</P
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></OL
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</P
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><LI
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> <A
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>Chapter 21</A
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> will guide you through this:
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><LI
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><P
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> Install BIND/DNS as client or server depending of your needs
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</P
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></OL
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></LI
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><LI
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> <A
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>Chapter 22</A
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> will guide you through this:
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> Install Sendmail as client or server depending of your needs
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> <A
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>Chapter 10</A
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> through <A
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>Chapter 12</A
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> Install & Configure the firewall script according to which services
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are installed in your system
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> <A
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>Chapter 17</A
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> and <A
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>Chapter 18</A
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> should guide you through this step:
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><LI
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><P
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> Install Tripwire
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</P
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>
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> Now for this step you will need to go through the book section wise to choose what you want.
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> Install any software you need later.
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</P
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>Home</A
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