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Red Hat Linux Network Toolkit [Paperback]

Paul G. Sery (Author)

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Publication Date: March 2000
Guide gives all the tools and techniques needed to implement a reliable Linux network. The author shows how to build a secure, cost-effective system for any organization. Softcover.

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About the Author

About the Author Paul G. Sery is a UNIX systems administrator for Productive Systems, Inc., in support of the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is also the coauthor of Red Hat® Linux® in Small Business and Red Hat Linux For Dummies®.

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Amazon.com: 3.5 out of 5 stars  11 reviews
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for creating a home/small office network April 15 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
If you are planning to put together a small network (home or office) connected to the internet through a Linux box, then this book is perfect!

The key points of setting up a network, DNS, file sharing, email, firewall, backups etc. are all explained and often have supporting scripts or files provided on the CDs. If you are using any flavor of Linux, this book is good. If you are using Redhat (a version is included on a CD with the book), then it is excellent (Redhat has a few file structure differences that are clearly addressed).

The book is organized well too. The first 3 chapters step through installing Linux, connecting a Windows PC and troubleshooting in a way that you are virtually guaranteed to have a network running without fail. It is very cool to have accomplished setting up a network within such a short time. The remainder of the book goes into more detail of various aspects of network/Linux services in order to expand upon the basic network that was built. By the end of the book, I had a fully functional network with all the services I could use. This book was an excellent investment!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Security problem on accompanying CD Jun 11 2000
By Hans Cathcart - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I noticed that on the 2nd CD that is included with this book there is a script called: "make_firewall.sh" If you execute this script, it will start to "rpm -e" (yes that's erase) all the RPMs listed in an accompanying file called "rpms_to_remove". Nowhere on the CD does it tell you that this script will do this. I suspect it was placed there in error. BE CAREFUL!

Otherwise I find this book pretty good for a beginning understanding of Linux networking.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars One More Thought On The Security Scripts Aug 6 2000
By Robert L. Cochran - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
My earlier review should have mentioned Hans Cathcart's comments about scripts which remove installed products. He thinks the script was added to the CD in error. If you check the book carefully you will find a discussion of why some installed packages should be removed. Chapter 12 starting at about page 386 discusses removal of unnecessary software on a *firewall computer*. Mr. Sery is talking in the context of a standalone firewall machine, not your personal work machine. It's important to understand this distinction and to read Chapter 12 before you run any of his scripts from the CDs. You would not want to run these security scripts on your *personal* machine.

Of course Mr. Sery is overlooking a small fact -- most home users don't have the money or knowhow to set up a standalone firewall computer, quite separate from their personal work machines.

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