I consider it a reference book when it comes to configuring and designing
firewalls.
Of course you will have to supplement it with newer information, but there
you can build the foundation.
Best,
Florentin Albu
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makaveli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
12/12/01 02:08
To: Gurpreet Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: Ryan Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, tony toni
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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