Mac OS X Maximum Security

John Ray, William C. Ray

748 pages, parution le 02/06/2003

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Résumé

While Mac OS X is becoming more and more stable with each release, its UNIX/BSD underpinnings have security implications that ordinary Mac users have never before been faced with Mac OS X can be used as both a powerful Internet server, or, in the wrong hands, a very powerful attack launch point

Yet most Mac OS X books are generally quite simplistic -- with the exception of the author's Mac OS X Unleashed, the first book to address OS X's underlying BSD subsystem

Maximum Mac OS X Security takes a similar UNIX-oriented approach, going into significantly greater depth on OS X security topics:

Setup basics, including Airport and network topology security
User administration and resource management with NetInfo
Types of attacks, how attacks work, and how to stop them
Network service security, such as e-mail, Web, and file sharing
Intrusion prevention and detection, and hands-on detection tools

Mac OS X security basics: learning to think secure
- An Introduction to Mac OS X Security
- Thinking Secure: Security Philosophy and Physical Concerns
- People Problems: Users, Intruders, and the World Around Them
Vulnerabilities and exposures: how things don t work, and why
- Theft and Destruction of Property: Data Attacks
- Picking Locks: Password Attacks
- Evil Automatons: Malware, Trojans, Viruses, and Worms
- Eavesdropping and Snooping for Information: Sniffers and Scanners
- Impersonation and Infiltration: Spoofing
- Everything Else
Specific mac os x resources and how to secure them: security tips, tricks, and recipes
- User, Environment, and Application Security
- Introduction to Mac OS X Network Services
- FTP Security
- Mail Server Security
- Remote Access: Secure Shell, VNC, Timbuktu, Apple Remote Desktop
- Web Server Security
- File Sharing Security
Prevention, detection, and reaction to attacks: health care and checkups for your machine
- Blocking Network Access: Firewalls
- Alarm Systems: Intrusion Detection
- Logs and User Activity Accounting
- Disaster Planning and Recovery
Appendixes
- Appendix A Glossary
- Appendix B Security Resources
- Appendix C Secure Web Development

L'auteur - John Ray

John Ray: is an award-winning Web application developer and network programmer for The Ohio State University. John uses Linux exclusively for his programming efforts and provides customized Linux and UNIXbased TCP/IP programming solutions to businesses nationwide. His other publications include Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 10 Minutes and Special Edition Using TCP/IP. He has also contributed to numerous books, such as Red Hat Linux Installation & Configuration Handbook and Linux Maximum Security.

L'auteur - William C. Ray

William Ray is a UNIX system administrator, programmer, and trainer. After acquiring a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Computer Science, Will spent five years getting paid to have fun-as a programmer building X Window System user interfaces. For the past six years, he has been perpetually two years away from attaining his Ph.D. in Biophysics To maintain his sanity while arguing with test tubes and microbes, Will developed a computer-graphics center for The Ohio State University's College of Biological Sciences Supporting an assortment of Silicon Graphics and Sun UNIX hardware, Will has been the center's system administrator, Webmaster, and acting director. He also has provided user support and UNIX training for several hundred students and faculty members who have come to use the center.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Sams
Auteur(s)	John Ray, William C. Ray
Parution	02/06/2003
Nb. de pages	748
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1265g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780672323812
ISBN13	978-0-67-232381-2