Linux Server Security: Hack and Defend - Softcover

Binnie, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119277655 ISBN 13: 9781119277651

Publisher: Wiley, 2016

Synopsis

Learn how to attack and defend the world’s most popular web server platform

Linux Server Security: Hack and Defend presents a detailed guide for experienced admins, aspiring hackers and other IT professionals seeking a more advanced understanding of Linux security. Written by a 20-year veteran of Linux server deployment this book provides the insight of experience along with highly practical instruction.

The topics range from the theory of past, current, and future attacks, to the mitigation of a variety of online attacks, all the way to empowering you to perform numerous malicious attacks yourself (in the hope that you will learn how to defend against them). By increasing your understanding of a hacker’s tools and mindset you're less likely to be confronted by the all-too-common reality faced by many admins these days: someone else has control of your systems.

• Master hacking tools and launch sophisticated attacks: perform SQL injections, deploy multiple server exploits and crack complex passwords.
• Defend systems and networks: make your servers invisible, be confident of your security with penetration testing and repel unwelcome attackers.
• Increase your background knowledge of attacks on systems and networks and improve all-important practical skills required to secure any Linux server.

The techniques presented apply to almost all Linux distributions including the many Debian and Red Hat derivatives and some other Unix-type systems. Further your career with this intriguing, deeply insightful, must-have technical book. Diverse, broadly-applicable and hands-on practical, Linux Server Security: Hack and Defend is an essential resource which will sit proudly on any techie's bookshelf.

About this title

About the Author

CHRIS BINNIE is a Technical Consultant with 20 years of experience working with Linux systems, and a writer for Linux Magazine and Admin Magazine. He built an Autonomous System Network in 2005, and served HD video to 77 countries via a media streaming platform that he architected and built. Over the course of his career, he has deployed many servers in the cloud and on banking and government server estates.

From the Back Cover

LEVERAGE LINUX STABILITY AND SECURITY FEATURES TO KEEP YOUR SYSTEM SAFE

Linux has become the most popular web server platform on the planet, which puts Linux security measures at the top of the priority list for every sysadmin and every hacker. Linux has always been a hotbed of technology and developments in the security realm, with both offensive and defensive tools like knockd, netcat, Nmap, Nping, and others, but knowing how to exploit these tools the way a hacker would is becoming an increasingly essential part of keeping your system safe. Instead of chasing after the bad guy, learn to anticipate and block his every move.

Chris Binnie is a Linux veteran with server deployment experience in banking and government where security concerns are critical. Chris walks through challenging scenarios in a diverse array of security areas to demonstrate robust detection, prevention, and defensive techniques, providing the hard-won insight of experience every step of the way. These techniques apply across distributions, including Debian and Red Hat derivatives, and other Unix-type systems, and include the expert touches that make software packages work well with the operating system as well as with other packages. Linux enjoys a well-deserved reputation for bedrock stability, which is why it powers up to 70 percent of the Internet's public servers; this book provides the insight and skill set you need to keep it locked up tight.

Covering the hacker's favorite tools and biggest frustrations, Linux Server Security shows you how to:

• Make your server invisible without disrupting services in production
• Fingerprint files to monitor filesystems manually or automatically
• Turn hacker's favorite tools against them as part of your defense
• Learn how hackers identify your system's weak points
• Explore the possibilities of standard Nmap scripts
• Defend against malware and fight off a DDoS attack
• Discover how easily websites are compromised and passwords are cracked

From the Inside Flap

LEVERAGE LINUX STABILITY AND SECURITY FEATURES TO KEEP YOUR SYSTEM SAFE

Linux has become the most popular web server platform on the planet, which puts Linux security measures at the top of the priority list for every sysadmin—and every hacker. Linux has always been a hotbed of technology and developments in the security realm, with both offensive and defensive tools like knockd, netcat, Nmap, Nping, and others, but knowing how to exploit these tools the way a hacker would is becoming an increasingly essential part of keeping your system safe. Instead of chasing after the bad guy, learn to anticipate and block his every move.

Chris Binnie is a Linux veteran with server deployment experience in banking and government where security concerns are critical. Chris walks through challenging scenarios in a diverse array of security areas to demonstrate robust detection, prevention, and defensive techniques, providing the hard-won insight of experience every step of the way. These techniques apply across distributions, including Debian and Red Hat derivatives, and other Unix-type systems, and include the expert touches that make software packages work well with the operating system as well as with other packages. Linux enjoys a well-deserved reputation for bedrock stability, which is why it powers up to 70 percent of the Internet's public servers; this book provides the insight and skill set you need to keep it locked up tight.

Covering the hacker's favorite tools and biggest frustrations, Linux Server Security shows you how to:

• Make your server invisible without disrupting services in production
• Fingerprint files to monitor filesystems manually or automatically
• Turn hacker's favorite tools against them as part of your defense
• Learn how hackers identify your system's weak points
• Explore the possibilities of standard Nmap scripts
• Defend against malware and fight off a DDoS attack
• Discover how easily websites are compromised and passwords are cracked

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119277655
• ISBN 13: 9781119277651
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144