On Mon, 2015-02-09 at 11:31 -0600, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
I guess, this discussion (about security of your system and what affects it) should be ended by the reference to fundamental book on Unix system [administration]. One thing I learned: you can not become proficient in any subject just by reading sparse blogs about it. One thing you definitely need: very good understanding of underlying fundamentals. For this reason the most productive would be to think if you have very good general understanding of how Unix (or Unix-like) system works. The easiest is to start reading good book about it, and if you see you are making discoveries, then this is definitely what you are missing, and what you need to study before diving into discussion what is good for security and how it affects that. That would be what I would recommend to myself (which I did way back...). If I were choosing the book to get good start today, I would choose:
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (4th Edition) 2010 by Evi Nemeth and Garth Snyder
- don't worry about "outdated...", remember, you first need fundamentals.
Brilliant logic about ignoring the publication date.
I did a Google on
"UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (4th Edition) 2010 by Evi Nemeth and Garth Snyder"
The third item was a 16.1 MB PDF of 1,344 pages. A quick scan of the PDF shows every page appears to be readable. 11 pages devoted to BASH. Information on other interesting topics too.
Although I have a natural preference for paper books (I became a computer person at a large international book publisher) and I like the ability to annotate text, the PDF is definitely a useful and informative read.
Thanks Valeri.
I.