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Book Synopsis'Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security' is 'devoted completely to BSD security. Dozens of practical examples help administrators of all stripes select, configure, and deploy these operating systems. By describing security solutions for real-life scenarios, the guide lets administrators push their server's security to the next level.
Table of ContentsPreface Part I. Security Foundation 1. The Big Picture What Is System Security? Identifying Risks Responding to Risk; Security Process and Principles System Security Principles; Wrapping Up Resources 2. BSD Security Building Blocks Filesystem Protections Tweaking a Running Kernel: sysctl The Basic Sandbox: chroot Jail: Beyond chroot Inherent Protections OS Tuning Wrapping Up Resources 3. Secure Installation and Hardening General Concerns Installing FreeBSD FreeBSD Hardening: Your First Steps Installing OpenBSD OpenBSD Hardening: Your First Steps Post-Upgrade Hardening Wrapping Up Resources; 4. Secure Administration Techniques Access Control Security in Everyday Tasks Upgrading Security Vulnerability Response; Network Service Security Monitoring System Health Wrapping Up; Resources Part II. Deployment Situations 5. Creating a Secure DNS Server The Criticality of DNS DNS Software Installing BIND; Installing djbdns Operating BIND Operating djbdns Wrapping Up; Resources 6. Building Secure Mail Servers Mail Server Attacks; Mail Architecture Mail and DNS SMTP Mail Server Configurations; Sendmail Postfix qmail Mail Access Wrapping Up Resources; 7. Building a Secure Web Server Web Server Attacks Web Architecture Apache thttpd Advanced Web Servers with Jails; Wrapping Up Resources 8. Firewalls Firewall Architectures; Host Lockdown The Options: IPFW Versus PF Basic IPFW Configuration Basic PF Configuration Handling Failure; Wrapping Up Resources 9. Intrusion Detection No Magic Bullets; IDS Architectures NIDS on BSD Snort ACID HIDS on BSD; Wrapping Up Resources Part III. Auditing and Incident Response; 10. Managing the Audit Trails System Logging Logging via syslogd; Securing a Loghost logfile Management Automated Log Monitoring; Automated Auditing Scripts Wrapping Up Resources 11. Incident Response and Forensics Incident Response Forensics on BSD; Digging Deeper with the Sleuth Kit Wrapping Up Resources; Index
