Best Linux Security Books?

Posted by Cliff on Friday July 8, 2005 @12:30PM from the resources-for-locking-down-Linux dept.

RyuMaou asks: "I'm about to move a small company from an old, ailing Windows server to some flavor of Linux and I want to make sure they're proprietary information is safe. Here's the problem: I've only run Linux as an application server, behind the firewall, in a Novell environment. Time is short and I have limited resources and want to read at least one really great book on Linux security, then follow that up with some good reinforcement. I know the information is mostly available on the Internet for free, but I like reading actual books, not printouts. So, if you had to pick five books, or fewer, on Linux security, what would you read?"

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Re:My bookshelf... by 286 · 2005-07-08 14:53 · Score: 2, Interesting

I would seriously think twice before buying a five year old book on security. Linux security tools have changed. Maximum Linux Security will have you setting up ipchains!

I would take `jimpop' advice and go with Bob Toxen's "Real World Linux Security" if you must have a linux book. Besides he is a really nice guy.

Maximum Linux Security was written by anonymous author(s) who couldn't be bothered to sign there name to their work.

Your best bet is to grab "Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid" by Michael W. Lucas.
You can't beat OpenBSD with a stick... not without physical access to the box at least. ;P