Reviews for Real World Linux Security: Intrusion Prevention, Detection and Recovery (Open Source Technology)

1. Excellent book! Straightforward and very practical.

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, November 12nd, 2001

   As a networks and systems administrator I was preparing to introduce a Linux server for web & e-mail hosting and as a firewall/gateway for our company LAN. I had just started using Linux a couple of months ago, and I was concerned about securing it properly.

   After researching several books I chose Real World Linux Security. The book was everything I expected and more. It is very straightforward and practical, and it emphasizes security concepts rather than pages of step-by-step instructions.

   This book has been invaluable in my efforts to deploy a well-secured Linux server in my company.

2. Very informative, good reading

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, September 12st, 2001

   Being relatively ignorant of security, since "at work, it's the sysadmin's job" and "at home, I am just a small potatoe with my slow dialup for anybody to bother", I am finding this reading quite an eyeopener. Although I am not nearly finished with it, what I read through seems to be concise, to the point and meaningful even to someone who did not give much thought to safe computing before. Bob gets the message across in simple terms of how to go from a (potential) problem to a working solution. Real life experience seems to be at work here. As a preventive security is certainly the least costly, I do consider this book as the one to consult with while applying such measures. It's good reading, informative, handy to have around and actually very readable considering the geekish (sorry Bob) nature of it.

3. Disappointing read.....

   Rated 2 out of 5 stars, August 12th, 2001

   ... this book seemed just what I'd been waiting for. Unfortunately, when I... read through each chapter, I found that it contained a lot about the types of attack to be aware of, but little information on how to prevent it!

   Also, there is little on firewalls, which is always the first line defence against hackers.

4. A good book for beginners and experts alike

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, April 12th, 2001

   This book contains a vast array of areas of concern when attaching your own hardware to the internet. The subjects covered by this book are essential to securing any network, from a home PC, to a large corporate network regardless of operating system. The book goes into some detail as to how to 'harden' your system with linux. The techniques are described in language that even relatively inexperienced linux users can understand. For myself, as an application designer there are many things I now know I can do to make an application less of a risk to the corporation I deliver it to. I can reccomend this book to anyone who as an interest in securing their system from the internet. This book is probably not so useful if you are already an expert in network security though, although the linux specific features may still be of interest.