The concept of a PKI (public key infrastructure) has been around for decades, but it is one strand of IT which has taken an extraordinarily long time to come to fruition within the mainstream. This is mostly because implementing a PKI is time consuming and difficult. Maintaining a PKI is equally time consuming and even more difficult within the real world of mergers and acquisitions against a backdrop of ever-changing technology. Many organisations simply give up and hand everything over to a third party who promises to manage everything on their behalf. This is generally not a good idea and simply delays the inevitability of failures and misunderstood complexity. This book explores all the aspects of implementing and maintaining a PKI that the other books on the subject seem to miss. It reflects decades of hard-won experience, not only in PKI, not only in IT, not only in electronics, but in business, government agencies and academia alike. The book also explores the existence of a PKI alongside other technologies, such as biometrics, and against an ever-changing world of development methodologies. This last point is particularly relevant at this time as we are in the middle of a quiet, but all encompassing revolution in this respect. Consequently, this is the one book on PKI that you have to have on your shelf, whether you be a company director, IT manager, government minister or teacher of IT. It is the book which fills in all the gaps left in the literature and treads paths which others fear to tread. You will enjoy it enormously if you are from an IT background.

A must-have resource for anyone who wants to pass the CompTIA Linux+ XK0-005 certification exam KEY FEATURES ● Learn the essential skills for troubleshooting Linux systems. ● A study guide that covers all the essential topics in the CompTIA Linux+ XK0-005 certification exam syllabus. ● Challenge yourself with test-like questions to improve your chances of passing the exam. DESCRIPTION The CompTIA Linux+ certification is a valuable credential for anyone who wants to work with Linux systems. It demonstrates your skills and knowledge of Linux administration, which is essential for getting a job or advancing your career. This comprehensive guide is designed to help you prepare for and pass the CompTIA Linux+ XK0-005 certification exam. It covers all the essential topics you need to know, including how to configure, manage, operate, and troubleshoot Linux server environments. It also includes practice test questions to help you assess your knowledge and readiness for the exam. By the end of this book, you will be confident and prepared to take the CompTIA Linux+ certification exam. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Learn how to configure network settings, such as IP addresses, DNS servers, and hostnames. ● Get to know the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB 2), which is used to boot Linux systems. ● Learn how to manage processes in Linux. ● Learn how to create and run a shell script in Linux. ● Explore and work with configuration management tools like YAML, JSON, and Ansible. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Whether you are a beginner or an experienced Linux user, this book is the perfect resource for you to pass the CompTIA Linux+ XK0-005 exam and become a certified Linux administrator. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Linux Environment 2. Files, Directories, and Storage 3. Processes, Services and Network Configuration 4. Managing Modules and Software 5. User and Password Management 6. Firewall, Remote Access and SELinux 7. Shell Scripting and Containers 8. Configuration Management with YAML, JSON and Ansible 9. Troubleshooting Network and System Issues 10. Mock Exams

A guide to implementing DIY security solutions and readily available technologies to protect home and small-office networks from attack. This book is an easy-to-follow series of tutorials that will lead readers through different facets of protecting household or small-business networks from cyber attacks. You’ll learn how to use pfSense to build a firewall, lock down wireless, segment a network into protected zones, configure a VPN (virtual private network) to hide and encrypt network traffic and communications, set up proxies to speed up network performance and hide the source of traffic, block ads, install and configure an antivirus, back up your data securely, and even how to monitor your network for unauthorized activity and alert you to intrusion.

The situation of a school or a small or very small business where the desire to save money without sacrificing security or efficiency is a primary need, is the perfect environment for solutions based on GNU Linux, an operating system very widespread and with proven efficiency, security and scalability. Learn how to use Ubuntu to create and administer a powerful, modern and complete system suitable to school and to small and very small business.

Network Performance Security: Testing and Analyzing Using Open Source and Low-Cost Tools gives mid-level IT engineers the practical tips and tricks they need to use the best open source or low cost tools available to harden their IT infrastructure. The book details how to use the tools and how to interpret them. Network Performance Security: Testing and Analyzing Using Open Source and Low-Cost Tools begins with an overview of best practices for testing security and performance across devices and the network. It then shows how to document assets—such as servers, switches, hypervisor hosts, routers, and firewalls—using publicly available tools for network inventory. The book explores security zoning the network, with an emphasis on isolated entry points for various classes of access. It shows how to use open source tools to test network configurations for malware attacks, DDoS, botnet, rootkit and worm attacks, and concludes with tactics on how to prepare and execute a mediation schedule of the who, what, where, when, and how, when an attack hits. Network security is a requirement for any modern IT infrastructure. Using Network Performance Security: Testing and Analyzing Using Open Source and Low-Cost Tools makes the network stronger by using a layered approach of practical advice and good testing practices. - Offers coherent, consistent guidance for those tasked with securing the network within an organization and ensuring that it is appropriately tested - Focuses on practical, real world implementation and testing - Employs a vetted "security testing by example" style to demonstrate best practices and minimize false positive testing - Gives practical advice for securing BYOD devices on the network, how to test and defend against internal threats, and how to continuously validate a firewall device, software, and configuration - Provides analysis in addition to step by step methodologies

Server bottlenecks and failures are a fact of life in any database deployment, but they don’t have to bring everything to a halt. This practical book explains replication, cluster, and monitoring features that can help protect your MySQL system from outages, whether it’s running on hardware, virtual machines, or in the cloud. Written by engineers who designed many of the tools covered, this book reveals undocumented or hard-to-find aspects of MySQL reliability and high availability—knowledge that’s essential for any organization using this database system. This second edition describes extensive changes to MySQL tools. Versions up to 5.5 are covered, along with several 5.6 features. Learn replication fundamentals, including use of the binary log and MySQL Replicant Library Handle failing components through redundancy Scale out to manage read-load increases, and use data sharding to handle large databases and write-load increases Store and replicate data on individual nodes with MySQL Cluster Monitor database activity and performance, and major operating system parameters Keep track of masters and slaves, and deal with failures and restarts, corruption, and other incidents Examine tools including MySQL Enterprise Monitor, MySQL Utilities, and GTIDs