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Linux for Networking Professionals

By : Rob VandenBrink
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Book Image

Linux for Networking Professionals

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By: Rob VandenBrink

Overview of this book

As Linux continues to gain prominence, there has been a rise in network services being deployed on Linux for cost and flexibility reasons. If you are a networking professional or an infrastructure engineer involved with networks, extensive knowledge of Linux networking is a must. This book will guide you in building a strong foundation of Linux networking concepts. The book begins by covering various major distributions, how to pick the right distro, and basic Linux network configurations. You'll then move on to Linux network diagnostics, setting up a Linux firewall, and using Linux as a host for network services. You'll discover a wide range of network services, why they're important, and how to configure them in an enterprise environment. Finally, as you work with the example builds in this Linux book, you'll learn to configure various services to defend against common attacks. As you advance to the final chapters, you’ll be well on your way towards building the underpinnings for an all-Linux datacenter. By the end of this book, you'll be able to not only configure common Linux network services confidently, but also use tried-and-tested methodologies for future Linux installations.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Section 1: Linux Basics
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Section 2: Linux as a Network Node and Troubleshooting Platform
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Section 3: Linux Network Services

Unlang – the unlanguage

FreeRADIUS supports a simple processing language called Unlang (short for unlanguage). This allows us to make rules that add additional controls to the RADIUS authentication flow and final decision.

Unlang syntax is generally found in the virtual server files—in our case, that would be /etc/freeradius/3.0/sites-enabled/default, and can be in the sections titled authorize, authenticate, post-auth, preacct, accounting, pre-proxy, post-proxy, and session.

In most common deploys, we might look for an incoming RADIUS variable or AV pair—for instance, Service-Type, which might be Administrative or Authenticate-Only, and in the Unlang code, match that up with a check against group membership—for instance, network admins, VPN users, or wireless users.

For the simple case of the two firewall login requirements (VPN-Only or Administrative access), you might have a rule like this:

if(&NAS-IP-Address == "192.168.122.20&quot...