Introduction to Linux

Table of Contents
Chapter 10. Networking
10.5. Security.......................................................................................................................................183
10.5.1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................183
10.5.2. Services.............................................................................................................................183
10.5.3. Update regularly................................................................................................................184
10.5.4. Firewalls and access policies.............................................................................................184
10.5.5. Intrusion detection.............................................................................................................185
10.5.6. More tips............................................................................................................................186
10.5.7. Have I been hacked?..........................................................................................................186
10.5.8. Recovering from intrusion.................................................................................................187
10.6. Summary.....................................................................................................................................187
10.7. Exercises.....................................................................................................................................188
10.7.1. General networking...........................................................................................................188
10.7.2. Remote connections..........................................................................................................188
10.7.3. Security..............................................................................................................................188

Chapter 11. Sound and Video........................................................................................................................189

11.1. Audio Basics...............................................................................................................................189
11.1.1. Installation.........................................................................................................................189
11.1.2. Drivers and Architecture...................................................................................................189
11.2. Sound and video playing.............................................................................................................190
11.2.1. CD playing and copying....................................................................................................190
11.2.2. Playing music files............................................................................................................190
11.2.3. Recording..........................................................................................................................192
11.3. Video playing, streams and television watching.........................................................................192
11.4. Internet Telephony......................................................................................................................193
11.4.1. What is it?..........................................................................................................................193
11.4.2. What do you need?............................................................................................................193
11.5. Summary.....................................................................................................................................194
11.6. Exercises.....................................................................................................................................195

Appendix A. Where to go from here?...........................................................................................................196

A.1. Useful Books................................................................................................................................196
A.1.1. General Linux.....................................................................................................................196
A.1.2. Editors.................................................................................................................................196
A.1.3. Shells..................................................................................................................................196
A.1.4. X Window..........................................................................................................................196
A.1.5. Networking.........................................................................................................................197
A.2. Useful sites...................................................................................................................................197
A.2.1. General information............................................................................................................197
A.2.2. Architecture Specific References.......................................................................................197
A.2.3. Distributions.......................................................................................................................197
A.2.4. Software..............................................................................................................................198

Appendix B. DOS versus Linux commands.................................................................................................199

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