Debian GNU/Linux Network Administrator's Manual

Abstract

The Debian GNU/Linux Network Administrator's Manual covers all network administration aspects of a Debian GNU/Linux system.

Copyright Notice

• Copyright © 1997 Ardo van Rangelrooij

• Copyright © 1998-2000 Ivan E. Moore II

• Copyright © 1998 Duncon C. Thomson

This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or with the debiandoc-sgml source package as the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 About this manual
• 1.2 Where to find newer versions
• 1.3 How this manual came about
• 2 Overview of a Debian GNU/Linux System
• 3 TCP/IP
• 3.1 Intro
• 3.2 IP Addresses
• 3.3 IP Interface Configuration
• 3.4 Basic IP Routing
• 3.5 Domain Name Service (DNS)
• 3.6 ICMP and IP Troubleshooting
• 3.7 TCP and UDP
• 3.8 Servers, Daemons and the Superserver
• 4 UUCP
• 5 PPP, SLIP, PLIP
• 6 NFS
• 7 NIS
• 8 DNS/BIND
• 8.1 Obtaining the necessary files
• 8.2 Configuring BIND
• 8.3 Advanced Configuration
• 8.4 Setting up a Primary DNS Server
• 8.5 Setting up a Secondary DNS Server
• 8.6 Testing
• 8.7 Obtaining Help With BIND
• 9 Router
• 10 Mail
• 10.1 Post Office Protocol (POP3) software
• 10.2 Interactive Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) software
• 10.3 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) software
• 10.4 Other mail processing tools
• 10.5 Mailing lists handling software
• 11 News
• 12 FTP
• 13 WWW
• 13.1 Chosing a Web Server that's best for you
• 13.2 Setting up your Web Server
• 13.3 Web Proxies
• 13.4 Tools and Other Programs
• 13.5 Finding Help
• 14 Security
• 14.1 Before you begin
• 14.2 Security from a Network standpoint
• 14.3 Security from a User standpoint
• 14.4 Security Tools
• 14.5 Things you can do
• 14.6 Finding Help
• 15 Firewall
• 15.1 Background information
• 15.2 ipfwadm
• 15.3 IP Masquerading (NAT)
• 15.4 Using Proxy's
• 15.5 Finding Help
• 16 Kernel Configuration
• 17 Index

Debian GNU/Linux Network Administrator's Manual