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Absolute FreeBSD : the complete guide to FreeBSD

FreeBSD--the powerful, flexible, and free Unix-like operatingsystem--is the preferred server for many enterprises. But it can beeven trickier to use than either Unix or Linux, and harder still tomaster. Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition is your complete guide toFreeBSD, written by FreeBSD committer Michael W. Lucas. Lucasconsiders this completely revised and rewritten second edition ofhis landmark work to be his best work ever; a true product of hislove for FreeBSD and the support of the FreeBSD community. Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition covers installation,networking, security, network services, system performance, kerneltweaking, filesystems, SMP, upgrading, crash debugging, and muchmore, including coverage of how to: Use advanced security features like packet filtering, virtualmachines, and host-based intrusion detection Build custom live FreeBSD CDs and bootable flash Manage network services and filesystems Use DNS and set up email, IMAP, web, and FTP services for bothservers and clients Monitor your system with performance-testing andtroubleshooting tools Run diskless systems Manage schedulers, remap shared libraries, and optimize yoursystem for your hardware and your workload Build custom network appliances with embedded FreeBSD Implement redundant disks, even without special hardware Integrate FreeBSD-specific SNMP into your network managementsystem. Whether you're just getting started with FreeBSD or you've beenusing it for years, you'll find this book to be the definitiveguide to FreeBSD that you've been waiting for
eBook, English, ©2008
No Starch Press, San Francisco, ©2008
Computer network resources
1 online resource (xxx, 709 pages) : illustrations
9781593272210, 9781593271510, 1593272219, 1593271514
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1. Getting More Help
2. Installing FreeBSD
3. Start Me Up! The Boot Process
4. Read This Before You Break Something Else! (Backup and Recovery)
5. Kernel Games
6. The Network
7. Securing Your System
8. Disks and Filesystems
9. Advanced Security Features
10. Exploring / Etc
11. Making Your System Useful
12. Advanced Software Management
13. Upgrading FreeBSD
14. The Internet Road Map: DNS
15. Small System Services
16. Spam, Worms, and Viruses (Plus Email, If You Insist)
17. Web and FTP Services
18. Disk Tricks with GEOM
19. System Performance and Monitoring
20. The Fringe of FreeBSD
21. System (and Sysadmin) Panics and Crashes