By Mark Brett Independent Reviewer

Title: Hacking Linux Exposed

Author: Brian Hatch, James Lee, George Kurtz

Publisher Osborne Mc Graw-Hill

ISBN: 0-07-212733-2

Hacking when reversed becomes security. This book by explaining the hackers methods and entry points allows the security conscious to plug the holes. A fascinating read, which will be of interest to anyone who is into Unix or Linux or wants to be!  The beauty of being able to build a Linux box on an old PC for next to nothing, has an appeal that the book will provides hours of fun, breaking into your lunchtime project!

Seriously the book is well written and explains a lot of concepts and technical aspects of Unix security and communications. If nothing else, this book will explain how to document your Unix system and where to start securing it. An interesting and well written book.