You're reading from Linux Networking Cookbook Over 40 recipes to help you set up and configure Linux networks

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781785287916

Length 152 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Ubuntu Server

Concepts

Networking

Authors (2):

Gregory Boyce

Agnello Dsouza

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support

1. Configuring a Router

Introduction
Setting up the physical network
Configuring IPv4
Configuring IPv4 permanently
Connecting two networks
Enabling NAT to the outside
Setting up DHCP
Setting up a firewall with IPtables
Setting up port forwarding
Adding VLAN Tagging

2. Configuring DNS FREE CHAPTER

Introduction
Setting up your system to talk to a nameserver
Setting up a local recursive resolver
Configuring dynamic DNS on your local network
Setting up a nameserver for your public domain
Setting up a slave nameserver

3. Configuring IPv6

Introduction
Setting up an IPv6 tunnel via Hurricane Electric
Using ip6tables to firewall your IPv6 traffic
Route an IPv6 netblock to your local network

4. Remote Access

Introduction
Installing OpenSSH
Using OpenSSH as a basic shell client
Using OpenSSH to forward defined ports
Using OpenSSH as a SOCKS proxy
Using OpenVPN

5. Web Servers

Introduction
Configuring Apache with TLS
Improving scaling with the Worker MPM
Setting up PHP using an Apache module
Securing your web applications using mod_security
Configuring NGINX with TLS
Setting up PHP in NGINX with FastCGI

6. Directory Services

Introduction
Configuring Samba as an Active Directory compatible directory service
Joining a Linux box to the domain

7. Setting up File Storage

Introduction
Serving files with SMB/CIFS through Samba
Granting authenticated access
Setting up an NFS server
Configuring WebDAV through Apache

8. Setting up E-mail

Introduction
Configuring Postfix to send and receive e-mail
Setting up DNS records for e-mail delivery
Configuring IMAP
Configuring authentication for outbound e-mail
Configuring Postfix to support TLS
Blocking spam with Greylisting
Filtering spam with SpamAssassin

9. Configuring XMPP

Introduction
Installing ejabberd
Configuring DNS for XMPP
Configuring the Pidgin client

10. Monitoring Your Network

Introduction
Installing Nagios
Adding Nagios users
Adding Nagios hosts
Monitoring services
Defining commands
Monitoring via NRPE
Monitoring via SNMP

11. Mapping Your Network

Introduction
Detecting systems on your network with NMAP
Detecting Systems Using Arp-Scan
Scanning TCP ports
Scanning UDP ports
Identifying services
Identifying operating systems

12. Watching Your Network

Introduction
Setting up centralized logging
Installing a Snort IDS
Managing your Snort rules
Managing Snort logging

Index

Chapter 1. Configuring a Router

In this chapter, we will cover:

Setting up the physical network
Configuring IPv4
Configuring IPv4 permanently
Connecting two networks
Enabling NAT to the outside
Setting up DHCP
Setting up a firewall with IPtables
Setting up port forwarding
Adding VLAN Tagging

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