5 Responses to “Building Secure Servers with Linux”

1. Charles Dallas says:

   March 16, 2010 at 5:14 pm

   This book, like the horse on the cover, is wearing blinders and can only see straight ahead. In this case, straight ahead is the assumption that you need only worry about the topics the author decides to cover.

   Now what Bauer discusses is explained well and very throroughly, as well as any other book on the subject. However there are many pieces of your overall security situation that need to be included in a security book. For example the utter lack of anything about physical security is unforgivable, given how many people will be colocating Linux servers.

   The book relies on graphical tools too often – if you’re building a server, you should *NOT* be installing X11 on it! More command line activities would be better.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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2. John Takacs says:

   March 16, 2010 at 7:07 pm

   The author covers all of the major issues facing an administrator looking to secure a linux server. I purchased this book based on the reviews here and I have not been disappointed.

   If you are a security professional or would like to be, this is the book for you. Take advantage of the author’s years of experience as well as the knowledge he has gleaned and refined from his years of writing security articles for Linux Magazine.
   Rating: 5 / 5

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3. Blue Tyson says:

   March 16, 2010 at 9:38 pm

   Bought to help while away a long plane flight, this book was somewhat useful as a introduction to linux security, and where to start when looking at exposing servers to the evil outside world. Included is more importantly what not to start, and what not to do, at the beginning. Not a bad book.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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4. Charles Gardner says:

   March 16, 2010 at 10:15 pm

   With several years of network and server experience but very little Linux knowledge, this book is the perfect stepping stone to getting some practical experience. The book covers enough of the basics to help along without getting caught up in them.

   Excellent reference book or book to read cover-to-cover.
   Rating: 5 / 5

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5. Jeremy Miller says:

   March 16, 2010 at 10:43 pm

   Building Secure servers does a stellar job explaning how to set up your computer in a locked down state. Where it fails is that you never get a good enoughunderstanding why these particular steps are necessary. In order for this book to be more complete, it needs to show you how a machine without these security measures can be broken into.I’d suggest picking up a copy of Hacking Linux Exposed and/or Real World Linux Security, both of which would serve as a much needed addition or replacement.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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