Hi, Yes, that is a good book. I purchased it for my tech savvy, but not firewall savvy, boss, and he is learning a ton. I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't understand the in's and out's of firewalls.
- Phil -----Original Message----- From: makaveli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 6:09 PM To: Gurpreet Singh Cc: Ryan Anderson; tony toni; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Unix Security Standards, books, tools... Bulding internet firewalls is a god book ? Somebody here was read ? thankz Makaveli On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Gurpreet Singh wrote: > Ryan, > > Which book are you referring to, is it 'Linux System Administration (Linux > Library) -- Vicki Stanfield, et al' @ > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0782127355/qid=1007982747/sr=8-1/ ref=sr_8_71_1/104-7388536-0962334. > > GP > > Ryan Anderson wrote: > > > I would recommend "UNIX System Administration Handbook" (aka the purple > > book) as a pretty invaluable resource. > > > > -Ryan > > > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, tony toni wrote: > > > > > Folks, > > > > > > I recently was assigned the project of developing security standards for our > > > Unix environment. We have about 400 unix box's (HP-UX, Sun Solaris, AIX, > > > etc)and the admins do their *own thing* with these boxes. > > > > > > This is not a project I exactly like...I am buried with 20 other > > > projects...and I am not Unix guru. For each Unix *flavor*, I need to develop > > > Unix security standards that will cover areas like configuration settings, > > > defaults, permissions, admin. account, password file, shells, trusts, root, > > > patch's, logging, etc. > > > > > > These are my questions: > > > > > > (1) Does anyone know where I can quickly get my hands on some high quality, > > > concise security standards/templates/checklists? for each Unix *flavor*? > > > > > > (2) What about good books/sites on Unix Security? > > > > > > (3) What about user friendly software tool(s) that I can periodically use > > > to audit the Unix boxes for compliance to the new security standards I > > > developed? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Tony > > > IT Security Manager > > > Major Telecommunications Company > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > -- > > Gurpreet Singh > > President/CEO > DelhiNet Web Services Pvt. Ltd. > > Mobile: +91-9811088399 | E-Fax: +1(503) 2149982 > Yahoo! Messanger ID on Mobile (always on, 24 hours) : delhinet > E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web Site: http://allindianet.com > > Contact Details at http://allindianet.com/contact > ICQ Pager: 12560431 | AOL Instant Messanger Screen name: GPSDNET > MSN Messanger User Name: mohindragps | Yahoo! Messanger ID: gpsdnet > > The information contained in this electronic transmission is intended only for the > use of the recipient and may be confidential and privileged. Unauthorized use, > disclosure or reproduction is strictly prohibited, and unlawful. If you have > received this electronic transmission in error, please notify the sender > immediately. > > >
