UNIX System Security: A Guide for Users and System Administrators

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Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1992 - Computers - 279 pages
Many of the same features that have attracted the corporate and government world to UNIX have made security very difficult to control. This book examines several high-profile security break-ins, and then provides the information necessary to protect a UNIX system from unauthorized access. Covers all the most recent releases of UNIX.

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UNIX Security Stories
1
Account Security
13
File System Security
43
Copyright

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David A. Curry has been programming and administering UNIX systems since 1978. He has worked for the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science, SRI International, and the Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. He currently serves as the Purdue Computer Emergency Response Team's representative to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. 0201563274AB04062001

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