Linux Network Administrators Guide

Linux Network Administrators Guide

Table of Contents

• Preface
   
• 1. Purpose and Audience for This Book
• 2. Sources of Information
• 3. File System Standards
• 4. Standard Linux Base
• 5. About This Book
• 6. The Official Printed Version
• 7. Overview
• 8. Conventions Used in This Book
• 9. Submitting Changes
• 10. Acknowledgments


• 1. Introduction to Networking
   
• 1.1. History
• 1.2. TCP/IP Networks
• 1.3. UUCP Networks
• 1.4. Linux Networking
• 1.5. Maintaining Your System


• 2. Issues of TCP/IP Networking
   
• 2.1. Networking Interfaces
• 2.2. IP Addresses
• 2.3. Address Resolution
• 2.4. IP Routing
• 2.5. The Internet Control Message Protocol
• 2.6. Resolving Host Names


• 3. Configuringthe NetworkingHardware
   
• 3.1. Kernel Configuration
• 3.2. A Tour of Linux Network Devices
• 3.3. Ethernet Installation
• 3.4. The PLIP Driver
• 3.5. The PPP and SLIP Drivers
• 3.6. Other Network Types


• 4. Configuring the Serial Hardware
   
• 4.1. Communications Software for Modem Links
• 4.2. Introduction to Serial Devices
• 4.3. Accessing Serial Devices
• 4.4. Serial Hardware
• 4.5. Using the Configuration Utilities
• 4.6. Serial Devices and the login: Prompt


• 5. Configuring TCP/IP Networking
   
• 5.1. Mounting the /proc Filesystem
• 5.2. Installing the Binaries
• 5.3. Setting the Hostname
• 5.4. Assigning IP Addresses
• 5.5. Creating Subnets
• 5.6. Writing hosts and networks Files
• 5.7. Interface Configuration for IP
• 5.8. All About ifconfig
• 5.9. The netstat Command
• 5.10. Checking the ARP Tables


• 6. Name Service and Resolver Configuration
   
• 6.1. The Resolver Library
• 6.2. How DNS Works
• 6.3. Running named


• 7. Serial Line IP
   
• 7.1. General Requirements
• 7.2. SLIP Operation
• 7.3. Dealing with Private IP Networks
• 7.4. Using dip
• 7.5. Running in Server Mode


• 8. The Point-to-Point Protocol
   
• 8.1. PPP on Linux
• 8.2. Running pppd
• 8.3. Using Options Files
• 8.4. Using chat to Automate Dialing
• 8.5. IP Configuration Options
• 8.6. Link Control Options
• 8.7. General Security Considerations
• 8.8. Authentication with PPP
• 8.9. Debugging Your PPP Setup
• 8.10. More Advanced PPP Configurations


• 9. TCP/IP Firewall
   
• 9.1. Methods of Attack
• 9.2. What Is a Firewall?
• 9.3. What Is IP Filtering?
• 9.4. Setting Up Linux for Firewalling
• 9.5. Three Ways We Can Do Filtering
• 9.6. Original IP Firewall (2.0 Kernels)
• 9.7. IP Firewall Chains (2.2 Kernels)
• 9.8. Netfilter and IP Tables (2.4 Kernels)
• 9.9. TOS Bit Manipulation
• 9.10. Testing a Firewall Configuration
• 9.11. A Sample Firewall Configuration


• 10. IP Accounting
   
• 10.1. Configuring the Kernel for IP Accounting
• 10.2. Configuring IP Accounting
• 10.3. Using IP Accounting Results
• 10.4. Resetting the Counters
• 10.5. Flushing the Ruleset
• 10.6. Passive Collection of Accounting Data


• 11. IP Masquerade and Network Address Translation
   
• 11.1. Side Effects and Fringe Benefits
• 11.2. Configuring the Kernel for IP Masquerade
• 11.3. Configuring IP Masquerade
• 11.4. Handling Name Server Lookups
• 11.5. More About Network Address Translation


• 12. ImportantNetwork Features
   
• 12.1. The inetd Super Server
• 12.2. The tcpd Access Control Facility
• 12.3. The Services and Protocols Files
• 12.4. Remote Procedure Call
• 12.5. Configuring Remote Loginand Execution


• 13. The Network Information System
   
• 13.1. Getting Acquainted with NIS
• 13.2. NIS Versus NIS+
• 13.3. The Client Side of NIS
• 13.4. Running an NIS Server
• 13.5. NIS Server Security
• 13.6. Setting Up an NIS Client with GNU libc
• 13.7. Choosing the Right Maps
• 13.8. Using the passwd and group Maps
• 13.9. Using NIS with Shadow Support


• 14. The NetworkFile System
   
• 14.1. Preparing NFS
• 14.2. Mounting an NFS Volume
• 14.3. The NFS Daemons
• 14.4. The exports File
• 14.5. Kernel-Based NFSv2 Server Support
• 14.6. Kernel-Based NFSv3 Server Support


• 15. IPX and the NCP Filesystem
   
• 15.1. Xerox, Novell, and History
• 15.2. IPX and Linux
• 15.3. Configuring the Kernel for IPXand NCPFS
• 15.4. Configuring IPX Interfaces
• 15.5. Configuring an IPX Router
• 15.6. Mounting a Remote NetWare Volume
• 15.7. Exploring Some of the Other IPX Tools
• 15.8. Printing to a NetWare Print Queue
• 15.9. NetWare Server Emulation


• 16. ManagingTaylor UUCP
   
• 16.1. UUCP Transfers and Remote Execution
• 16.2. UUCP Configuration Files
• 16.3. Controlling Access to UUCP Features
• 16.4. Setting Up Your System for Dialing In
• 16.5. UUCP Low-Level Protocols
• 16.6. Troubleshooting
• 16.7. Log Files and Debugging

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