Linux Resources
What follows are Linux resources that I
have found extremely helpful, roughly in the order I used them or found them
useful.
The two books that helped me the most
are:
"LINUX Network Toolkit", by Paul G. Sery and
"The LINUX Network", by Fred Butzen and Christopher Hilton.
The first book, is an excellent guide to installing and
configuring a RedHat Linux system, installing the necessary firewall, and
connecting your Linux server to a network of Windows machines. It does not cover
how to set up an Apache Web server, DNS, sendmail, and X Windows. However, these
topics are covered in the second book, so the two books nicely complement each
other eventhough they overlap to a certain extent.
In addition to the above books, probably the best explanation on
"Configuring an Internet Firewall and Home LAN With Linux", can be found in Robert L.
Ziegler's paper on this subject. He created a site very similar to what I
intended to do. His home page is at: http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/, where you will find
interesting things including a Firewall Design Tool. He is also the author of
"Linux Firewalls", published by New Riders Publishing.
And
finally, if you are serious about setting up a Web server, I recommend that you
get a copy of the Linux
Administrator's Security Guide by Kurt Seifried, whose home page is at http://www.seifried.org/.
- Books
- LINUX Network Toolkit, by Paul G. Sery (IDG Books)
- The LINUX Network, by Fred Butzen and Christopher Hilton (M&T
Books)
- Apache Server Bible, by Mohammed J. Kabir (IDG Books)
- HTML The definitive Guide, by Chuck Musciano & Bill Kennedy
(O'Reilly)
- Building Internet FIREWALLS, by D. Brent Chapman and Elizabeth D.
Zwicky (O'Reilly)
- sendmail, by Bryan Costales with Eric Allman (O'Reilly)
- Programming Perl, by Lary Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L.
Schwartz (O'Reilly)
- JavaScript, The Definitive Guide, by David Flanagan (O'Reilly)
Linux Suppliers Though I mention RedHat as the Linux that I chose, there are
many other suppliers of Linux. You should check them out, because in addition to
supplying Linux, each is a source of valuable information. Some of the more
popular are: Caldera, Debian, Mandrake, Slackware, Stampede, S.u.S.E., and Yggdrasil.
The offfical Linux Site contains a more complete list of Linux
suppliers.
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