Linux network administrator's guide
"The Linux Network Administrator's Guide gives you all the information you need to join a network, whether you want a simple UUCP connection or a full LAN, with your Linux system serving as a firewall, an NFS or NIS file server, and a mail and news hub." "This book touches on all...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
O'Reilly
2000.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627038706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- History 1
- TCP/IP Networks 2
- UUCP Networks 13
- Linux Networking 14
- Maintaining Your System 16
- Chapter 2 Issues of TCP/IP Networking 19
- Networking Interfaces 19
- IP Addresses 20
- Address Resolution 22
- IP Routing 23
- Internet Control Message Protocol 29
- Resolving Host Names 30
- Chapter 3 Configuring the Networking Hardware 32
- Kernel Configuration 35
- A Tour of Linux Network Devices 41
- Ethernet Installation 42
- PLIP Driver 45
- PPP and SLIP Drivers 48
- Other Network Types 48
- Chapter 4 Configuring the Serial Hardware 49
- Communications Software for Modem Links 49
- Introduction to Serial Devices 50
- Accessing Serial Devices 51
- Serial Hardware 54
- Using the Configuration Utilities 55
- Serial Devices and the login: Prompt 59
- Chapter 5 Configuring TCP/IP Networking 63
- Mounting the /proc Filesystem 64
- Installing the Binaries 64
- Setting the Hostname 65
- Assigning IP Addresses 65
- Creating Subnets 67
- Writing hosts and networks Files 67
- Interface Configuration for IP 69
- All About ifconfig 77
- Netstat Command 80
- Checking the ARP Tables 83
- Chapter 6 Name Service and Resolver Configuration 85
- Resolver Library 86
- How DNS Works 93
- Running named 100
- Chapter 7 Serial Line IP 116
- General Requirements 116
- SLIP Operation 117
- Dealing with Private IP Networks 119
- Using dip 120
- Running in Server Mode 126
- Chapter 8 Point-to-Point Protocol 129
- PPP on Linux 130
- Running pppd 131
- Using Options Files 132
- Using chat to Automate Dialing 133
- IP Configuration Options 136
- Link Control Options 139
- General Security Considerations 141
- Authentication with PPP 142
- Debugging Your PPP Setup 145
- More Advanced PPP Configurations 146
- Chapter 9 TCP/IP Firewall 151
- Methods of Attack 152
- What Is a Firewall? 153
- What Is IP Filtering? 155
- Setting Up Linux for Firewalling 156
- Three Ways We Can Do Filtering 158
- Original IP Firewall (2.0 Kernels) 159
- IP Firewall Chains (2.2 Kernels) 168
- Netfilter and IP Tables (2.4 Kernels) 179
- TOS Bit Manipulation 188
- Testing a Firewall Configuration 190
- A Sample Firewall Configuration 192
- Chapter 10 IP Accounting 200
- Configuring the Kernel for IP Accounting 200
- Configuring IP Accounting 201
- Using IP Accounting Results 207
- Resetting the Counters 209
- Flushing the Ruleset 210
- Passive Collection of Accounting Data 210
- Chapter 11 IP Masquerade and Network Address Translation 211
- Side Effects and Fringe Benefits 213
- Configuring the Kernel for IP Masquerade 214
- Configuring IP Masquerade
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- Handling Name Server Lookups 218
- More About Network Address Translation 218
- Chapter 12 Important Network Features 219
- Inetd Super Server 219
- Tcpd Access Control Facility 222
- Services and Protocols Files 224
- Remote Procedure Call 225
- Configuring Remote Login and Execution 227
- Chapter 13 Network Information System 235
- Getting Acquainted with NIS 236
- NIS Versus NIS+ 239
- Client Side of NIS 239
- Running an NIS Server 240
- NIS Server Security 241
- Setting Up an NIS Client with GNU libc 242
- Choosing the Right Maps 244
- Using the passwd and group Maps 246
- Using NIS with Shadow Support 249
- Chapter 14 Network File System 250
- Preparing NFS 251
- Mounting an NFS Volume 252
- NFS Daemons 254
- Exports File 255
- Kernel-Based NFSv2 Server Support 257
- Kernel-Based NFSv3 Server Support 258
- Chapter 15
- IPX and the NCP Filesystem 259
- Xerox, Novell, and History 259
- IPX and Linux 260
- Configuring the Kernel for IPX and NCPFS 262
- Configuring IPX Interfaces 262
- Configuring an IPX Router 265
- Mounting a Remote NetWare Volume 269
- Exploring Some of the Other IPX Tools 273
- Printing to a NetWare Print Queue 274
- NetWare Server Emulation 278
- Chapter 16 Managing Taylor UUCP 279
- UUCP Transfers and Remote Execution 281
- UUCP Configuration Files 283
- Controlling Access to UUCP Features 298
- Setting Up Your System for Dialing In 300
- UUCP Low-Level Protocols 304
- Troubleshooting 306
- Log Files and Debugging 308
- Chapter 17 Electronic Mail 310
- What Is a Mail Message? 311
- How Is Mail Delivered? 314
- Email Addresses 315
- How Does Mail Routing Work? 317
- Configuring elm 323
- Chapter 18 Sendmail 326
- Introduction to sendmail 326
- Installing sendmail 327
- Overview of Configuration Files 327
- Sendmail.cf and sendmail.mc Files 328
- Generating the sendmail.cf File 334
- Interpreting and Writing Rewrite Rules 334
- Configuring sendmail Options 339
- Some Useful sendmail Configurations 341
- Testing Your Configuration 349
- Running sendmail 353
- Chapter 19 Getting Exim Up and Running 358
- Running Exim 359
- If Your Mail Doesn't Get Through 361
- Compiling Exim 362
- Mail Delivery Modes 362
- Miscellaneous config Options 364
- Message Routing and Delivery 364
- Protecting Against Mail Spam 369
- UUCP Setup 370
- Chapter 20 Netnews 372
- Usenet History 372
- What Is Usenet, Anyway? 373
- How Does Usenet Handle News? 374
- Chapter 21 C News 378
- Delivering News 378
- Installation 380
- Sys File 382
- Active File 385
- Article Batching 387
- Expiring News 389
- Miscellaneous Files 392
- Control Messages 393
- C News in an NFS Environment 396
- Maintenance Tools and Tasks 396
- Chapter 22 NNTP and the NNTPD Daemon 398
- NNTP Protocol 400
- Installing the NNTP Server 406
- Restricting NNTP Access 407
- NNTP Authorization 408
- nntpd Interaction with C News 409
- Chapter 23 Internet News 410
- Some INN Internals 410
- Newsreaders and INN 413
- Installing INN 413
- Configuring INN: the Basic Setup 414
- INN Configuration Files 414
- Running INN 430
- Managing INN: The ctlinnd Command 430
- Chapter 24 Newsreader Configuration 436
- tin Configuration 437
- trn Configuration 437
- nn Configuration 438
- Appendix A Example Network: The Virtual Brewery 441
- Appendix B Useful Cable Configurations 443
- Appendix C Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Second Edition Copyright Information 445
- Appendix D
- Sage: The System Administrators Guild 453.
