Linux Administrator/Hardening/Optimization books

Hi,

I've been looking to learn more about Linux and have found several books on the matter, but nothing that in depth on the subject. I wanted to get a few recommended books that can benefit a "newbie" in the long run. Thanks.

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demonfurbie

if your really that new look into the linux+ books, ya dont have to take the test but it will give ya a solid foundation

pram

There are actually few books on hardening Linux, unfortunately. The best one I've read that is at least current is Linux Firewalls by Apress

Amazon.com: Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort (9781593271411): Michael Rash: Books

I really like this book because it not only goes into depth about iptables, but also covers and psad and fwsnort.

O'Reilly has a few but they are all extremely old and one of them focuses on Bastille which is dead (afaik)

In addition to the book above, I recommend you take a look at CSF. It makes managing iptables a lot simpler:

ConfigServer Security & Firewall

For general Administration, theres still nothing better than the Unix Handbook IMO. Its more a reference than a step-by-step guide though:

UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (4th Edition): Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley: 9780131480056: Amazon.com: Books

Unfortunately there are few resources on optimization since, generally speaking, that could mean any one of a thousand individual subjects (apache, mysql, kernel, etc etc)

ixnb

pram wrote: »

There are actually few books on hardening Linux, unfortunately. The best one I've read that is at least current is Linux Firewalls by Apress

Amazon.com: Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort (9781593271411): Michael Rash: Books

I really like this book because it not only goes into depth about iptables, but also covers and psad and fwsnort.

O'Reilly has a few but they are all extremely old and one of them focuses on Bastille which is dead (afaik)

In addition to the book above, I recommend you take a look at CSF. It makes managing iptables a lot simpler:

ConfigServer Security & Firewall

For general Administration, theres still nothing better than the Unix Handbook IMO. Its more a reference than a step-by-step guide though:

UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (4th Edition): Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley: 9780131480056: Amazon.com: Books

Unfortunately there are few resources on optimization since, generally speaking, that could mean any one of a thousand individual subjects (apache, mysql, kernel, etc etc)

Thank you for the post. Are there any good kernal and mysql books as they would be useful later on?

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