2 items found in Security.

Web Security, Privacy & Commerce

Simson Garfinkel & Gene Spafford

O'Reilly, 2002

A very comprehensive guide to all aspects of internet security and privacy from the point of view of both users and web administrators. Although it goes into considerable detail about various software solutions to security problems, the main emphasis is on concepts and principles rather than "this is how you fix it". As a result, this book is less likely to go out of date than many others on the same subject. Armed with the knowledge it contains, users should be better prepared to deal with the dangers lurking on the web.

Linux for Windows Administrators

Mark Minasi, Dan York et al

Sybex, 2002

This is an update of "Linux for Windows NT/2000 Administrators", a superb guide to setting up and running Linux, but without all the "geekspeak". Don't be put off by the title if you're not a fully-fledged Windows administrator. What this book does is explain Linux in a manner that is far less intimidating to Windows users than many others. Mark Minasi is a well-known authority on Windows, and with the help of a couple of Linux experts, he describes in plain language how to set up and run all the most common aspects of a Linux system.

It's refreshingly straightforward, takes the fear out of Linux, and by the end of the book you should be able to network a Linux machine with a Windows one and swap files without difficulty. Includes sections on the Apache server, Sendmail, and Samba.

Note: this review is based on the previous version.