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Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security
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FreeBSD and OpenBSD are increasingly gaining traction in educational institutions,
non-profits, and corporations worldwide because they provide significant security
advantages over Linux. Although a lot can be said for the robustness, clean organization,
and stability of the BSD operating systems, security is one of the main reasons
system administrators use these two platforms.
There are plenty of books to help you get a FreeBSD or OpenBSD system off the
ground, and all of them touch on security to some extent, usually dedicating
a chapter to the subject. But, as security is commonly named as the key concern
for today's system administrators, a single chapter on the subject can't provide
the depth of information you need to keep your systems secure.
FreeBSD and OpenBSD are rife with security "building blocks" that
you can put to use, and Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security shows you how.
Both operating systems have kernel options and filesystem features that go well
beyond traditional Unix permissions and controls. This power and flexibility
is valuable, but the colossal range of possibilities need to be tackled one
step at a time. This book walks you through the installation of a hardened operating
system, the installation and configuration of critical services, and ongoing
maintenance of your FreeBSD and OpenBSD systems.
Using an application-specific approach that builds on your existing knowledge,
the book provides sound technical information on FreeBSD and Open-BSD security
with plenty of real-world examples to help you configure and deploy a secure
system. By imparting a solid technical foundation as well as practical know-how,
it enables administrators to push their server's security to the next level.
Even administrators in other environments--like Linux and Solaris--can find
useful paradigms to emulate.
Written by security professionals with two decades of operating system experience,
Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security features broad and deep explanations
of how how to secure your most critical systems. Where other books on BSD systems
help you achieve functionality, this book will help you more thoroughly secure
your deployments.
About the Authors
Yanek Korff is a Systems Administrator at Cigital and is responsible
for maintaining a variety of Unix (FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, AIX) and WindowsNT
servers. He is also responsible for maintaining Cigital's firewall, remote access,
PBX and Audix voicemail systems. Prior to joining Cigital, he was a systems
engineer at Bell Atlantic, where he aided in the deployment of a 40+ Ultra Enterprise
server test environment by building a custom JumpStart server for automated
systems configuration, implementing backup strategies, and designing two web-enabled,
systems-management applications.
Paco Hope is a Consultant with Cigital. His areas of expertise
include PKI, cryptography, LAN networking and host security. Before joining
Cigital, he served as director of product development for Charlottesville, VA-based
Tovaris, Inc. and head systems administrator in the Department of Computer Science
at the University of Virginia. Paco has published articles on X.509 revocation
and Unix host security features.
Bruce Potter is a Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. Prior
to working at Booz Allen Hamilton, Bruce served as a software security consultant
for Cigital in Dulles, VA. Bruce is the founder of the Shmoo Group of security
professionals. His areas of expertise include wireless security, large-scale
network architectures, smartcards, and promotion of secure software engineering
practices. Bruce coauthored the books 802.11 Security and Mac OS X Security.
He was trained in computer science at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
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