Index
A
- ACL / ACLs
- Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (AMANDA) / Amanda
- AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) / File Monitors
- alien / Alien
- Amanda
- about / Remote backups, Amanda
- Apache configuration
- about / Apache configuration
- files / Configuration files
- sites, enabling / Enabling sites and modules
- modules, enabling / Enabling sites and modules
- testing / Testing and activating the configuration
- activating / Testing and activating the configuration
- Apache configuration files
- envvars / Configuration files
- ports.conf / Configuration files
- .conf extension files / Configuration files
- .conf.d folder / Configuration files
- Apache example
- Exim / Other examples
- GNU make / Other examples
- aptitude / aptitude
B
- B-tree file system (Btrfs) / B-Tree File System
- backups
- low level backups / Low-level backups
- file level backups / File-level backups
- utilities / Backup utilities
- solution, choosing / Choosing your solution
- Bacula
- about / Remote backups, Bacula
- Beowulf clusters / Beowulf clusters
- BIOS
- versus UEFI / BIOS versus UEFI
- boot code / Boot code under BIOS
C
- clustered formats / Clustered formats
- clusters
- about / Clusters
- HA clusters / High Availability clusters
- beowulf clusters / Beowulf clusters
- common tools / Common tools
- command line selection / Command-line selection
- configtest command option / Testing and activating the configuration
- configuration files
- about / Configuration files
- /etc/default / /etc/default
- /etc/<package name> / /etc/<package name>
- initial configuration / Initial configuration
- configuration management
- about / Configuration management
- lly Automated Installation (FAI) / Fully Automated Installation
- puppet / Puppet
D
- data de-duplication / File-level backups
- De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) / The perimeter network
- Debian
- installing / Installing Debian
- installation guide / Installing Debian
- startup and shutdown / Startup and shutdown
- intrusion detection applications / Intrusion detection
- Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) / The social contract
- Debian hardening packages
- harden / Debian hardening packages
- harden-clients / Debian hardening packages
- harden-environment / Debian hardening packages
- harden-nids / Debian hardening packages
- harden-servers / Debian hardening packages
- harden-tools / Debian hardening packages
- IPTABLES / Firewall tools
- firewall design / Basic firewall design
- Debian package manager
- about / Package managers
- dpkg and dselect / dpkg and dselect
- Advanced Package Tool (APT) / Advanced Package Tool
- aptitude / aptitude
- Synaptic / Synaptic
- media, configuring / Configuring media or repositories
- repositories, configuring / Configuring media or repositories
- release name / The significance of the release name
- packages, selecting / Selecting packages
- package cache, updating / Updating your package cache
- Debian Packaging System (DPKG/DEB) / DPKG or DEB
- Debian Policy manual / Configuration advice
- Debian Project
- about / The Debian Project
- social contract / The social contract
- constitution / Constitution
- policies / Policies
- licensing / Licensing
- licensing, in Firefox / What happened to Firefox?
- repositories / Repositories
- environments / Debian environments
- administrator, areas / Impact on administration
- support / Debian support
- proprietary features / Proprietary features
- help / Where to find installation help and information
- Debian Project, repositories
- main / Repositories
- Deb Multimedia / Configuring media or repositories
- disk encryption / Disk encryption
- disk management / Disk management
- display managers
- about / Display managers
- GNOME / GNOME
- KDE / KDE
- other desktops / Other desktops
- dist-upgrade command / Prior to the upgrade
- dpkg / Package managers
- reconfiguration / dpkg-reconfigure
- dselect command / dpkg and dselect
- dselect utility / Package managers
E
- /etc/<package name> / /etc/<package name>
- /etc/default / /etc/default
- encryption
- need for / Why encrypt?
- about / Why encrypt?
- disk encryption / Disk encryption
- choosing / Choosing encryption
- Exim / Other examples
- ext2 / ext2, ext3, and ext4
- ext3 / ext2, ext3, and ext4
- ext4 / ext2, ext3, and ext4
- extended file system (ext) / Filesystem types
F
- File System Check program (FSCK) / Filesystem Check (FSCK)
- file system maintenance
- partition / Filesystem maintenance
- content / Filesystem maintenance
- backups / Backups
- system logging / System logging
- Filesystem types
- about / Filesystem types
- ext3 / ext2, ext3, and ext4
- ext2 / ext2, ext3, and ext4
- ext4 / ext2, ext3, and ext4
- journaled File System / Journaled File System
- SGI s XFS filesystem / SGI's XFS File System
- Reiser File System (ReiserFS) / Reiser File System
- B-tree file system (Btrfs) / B-Tree File System
- clustered formats / Clustered formats
- non-Linux formats / Non-Linux formats
- other Unix formats / Other Unix formats
- format, choosing / Choosing a format
- fireflier / Firewall tools
- firestarter / Firewall tools
- firewall design
- inbound requests / Inbound opens
- outbound traffic / Outbound traffic
- local loopback traffic / Local loopback traffic
- perimeter network / The perimeter network
- fle level backups / File-level backups
- folder encryption / Directory encryption
- foreign packages
- about / Foreign packages
- alien / Alien
- manual builds / Manual builds
- format
- choosing / Choosing a format
- full-upgrade command / Prior to the upgrade
- fwsnort / NIDS
G
- gadmin / gadmin
- General Public License (GPL) / Licensing
- GNOME / GNOME
- GNOME (GNU Object Model Environment) / Desktop configuration
- GNOME Display Manager (GDM) / Display managers
- GNU make / Other examples
- gparted utility / Partition resizing
- GTK (GIMP Tool Kit) / gadmin
- guarddog / Firewall tools
H
- HA / Clusters
I
- input/output (I/O) / SGI's XFS File System
- intrusion detection applications
- NIDS / NIDS
- fle Monitors / File Monitors
- system scanners / System scanners
- IPTABLES
- about / IPTABLES
J
- Jessie / /etc/<package name>
- Journaled File System (JFS) / Journaled File System
K
- KDE / KDE
- KDE (K Desktop Environment) / Desktop configuration
- K Display Manager (KDM) / Display managers
L
- Linux distributions
- Debian / Linux distributions
- branches / The three branches
- features / Other differences
- Linux distributions, branches
- SLS / SLS
- RPM / RPM
- DPKG/DEB / DPKG or DEB
- Linux Standard Base (LSB) / Dependency-based boot sequence
- local configuration
- files / Local configuration files
- subfolders / Configuration subdirectories
- tips / Configuration advice
- local loopback traffic / Local loopback traffic
- Logical volume management (LVM) / Logical Volume Management
- Logical Volume Manager (LVM) / Partition resizing
- low level backups
- about / Low-level backups
- uses / Low-level backups
M
- Master Boot Record (MBR) / BIOS versus UEFI
- meta packages / Meta packages
- MongoDB / Configuring media or repositories
N
- Name Service Switch (NSS) functions / /etc/default
- NAT
- about / IPTABLES
- Network Addressable Storage (NAS) / Choosing your solution
- NFTABLES
- about / IPTABLES
- NIDS
- about / Intrusion detection, NIDS
- Snort / NIDS
- non-Linux formats / Non-Linux formats
O
- Oracle / Configuring media or repositories
P
- package cache, updating
- command line selection / Command-line selection
- selection lists / Selection lists
- package managers
- meta packages / Meta packages
- dependency resolution / A word about dependency resolution
- packages, removing / Removing packages
- partioning
- for Debian system / Partitioning
- for backup and recovery / Partitioning for backup and recovery
- space-limiting partitions / Space-limiting partitions
- disk management / Disk management
- Logical volume management (LVM) / Logical Volume Management
- swap partition / The swap partition
- scheme, partioning / Selecting a partitioning scheme
- partition maintenance
- about / Partition maintenance
- File System Check (FSCK) / Filesystem Check (FSCK)
- partition resizing / Partition resizing
- partition tables
- about / Partition tables
- multiboot / Single or multiboot
- single / Single or multiboot
- BIOS / BIOS versus UEFI
- perimeter network / The perimeter network
- Point to Point (PPP) / The interfaces file
- policies, Debian Project / Policies
- process ID (PID) / The logging facility
- puppet / Puppet
R
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) / RPM
- Reiser File System (ReiserFS) / Reiser File System
- remote backups
- Amanda / Amanda
- Bacula / Bacula
- alternatives / Other backup systems
- remote logging
- about / A final word on remote logging
- RPM / RPM
S
- selection lists / Selection lists
- SGIs XFS filesystem / SGI's XFS File System
- Shorewall / Firewall tools
- Skype / Configuring media or repositories
- SLS / SLS
- Snort / NIDS
- Solid-state drives (SSD) / The swap partition
- space-limiting partitions / Space-limiting partitions
- SSL (Secure Sockets Layer / /etc/<package name>
- standard command-line functions / Default user group
- startup and shutdown
- about / Startup and shutdown
- levels / Debian run levels
- dependency based boot sequence / Dependency-based boot sequence
- SysV scripts, manging / Managing SysV scripts
- third party scripts / Third-party and local scripts
- local scripts / Third-party and local scripts
- networking / Network administration
- interfaces file / The interfaces file
- Network Manager / Network Manager
- methods, combining / Combining methods
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) / RPM
- Synaptic / Synaptic, Other utilities
- system logging
- about / System logging
- logging facility / The logging facility
- logs, controlling / Controlling the logs
- monitoring / Monitoring the logs
- system scanners
- about / System scanners
- system upgradation
- post actions / Upgrading your system, After the upgrade
- pre actions / Prior to the upgrade
- process / During the upgrade
T
- Thresholds fields
- contrib / Repositories
- non-free / Repositories
- Tripwire / File Monitors
- tunctl command / Combining methods
U
- Ubuntu / The root account
- UEFI
- versus, BIOS / BIOS versus UEFI
- boot code / Boot code under UEFI
- Universal Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) / BIOS versus UEFI
- University of Maryland (UoM) / Amanda
- updates checking
- about / Keeping current
- automatic updates / Automatic updates
- user administartion
- about / User administration
- default user group / Default user group
- ACLs / ACLs
- root account / The root account
- Usermin / Usermin
- utilities configuration
- about / Configuration utilities
- dpkg / dpkg-reconfigure
- gadmin / gadmin
- desktop configuration / Desktop configuration
- Synaptic / Other utilities
V
- virtual machine (VM) / Single or multiboot
- virtual package / A word about dependency resolution
- Virtual Private Networks (VPN) / The interfaces file
- VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) / The interfaces file
- VM (Virtual Machine) / Combining methods
W
- Webmin / Configuring media or repositories
- about / Webmin
- installing / Installing Webmin
- using / Using Webmin
- capabilities / Using Webmin
- and Debian / Webmin and Debian
- security / Webmin security
- Usermin / Usermin
- wheezy (Debian 7) / Configuring media or repositories