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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)
1
Section 1: Linux Basics
4
Section 2: Linux as a Network Node and Troubleshooting Platform
8
Section 3: Linux Network Services

Commonly encountered industry-specific security standards

There are many industry-specific guidance and regulatory requirements, some of which you may be familiar with even if you're not in that industry. As they are industry-specific, we'll describe each at a high level – if any of these apply to you, you'll know that each of these is worthy of a book (or several books) on its own.

While each of these standards and regulatory or legal requirements have an industry-specific focus, many of the underlying recommendations and requirements are very similar. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) "critical controls" are often used when there is no set of regulations that provide good security guidance. In fact, these controls are often used in conjunction with regulatory requirements to provide a better overall security posture.