Re: O'Reilly SSH authors have new Linux security book (COMMERCIAL)

From: Daniel Barrett (dbarrett_at_spinky.blazemonger.com)
Date: 06/09/03

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    On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 01:44:15 GMT, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> asked
    about O'Reilly's "Linux Security Cookbook:"
    >Yes, the book looks pretty handy... But where's the CD?

    We'd prefer to put together a web site with scripts, etc.: CD-ROMs are just
    a teensy bit more difficult to update. :-) We'll announce when it becomes
    available.

    Also, unlike the recipes in a language cookbook (Perl, PHP, etc.),
    which can be generic or encapsulated in subroutines, and therefore
    suitable for downloading and running directly, security recipes often
    need to be specific to a particular system, filesystem, or situation.
    So it's likely you'd have to tailor things anyway. But I agree it
    would save on typing in some cases.

    In any event, I think you'll find most scripts are pretty short, since
    they target specific problems. 

    --
Dan Barrett, dbarrett@oreilly.com
Coauthor, LINUX SECURITY COOKBOOK: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxsckbk/
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