PAM Mastery
PAM Mastery
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PAM Mastery by Michael W Lucas
Pluggable Authentication Modules: Threat or Menace?
PAM is one of the most misunderstood parts of systems administration. Many sysadmins live with authentication problems rather than risk making them worse. PAM's very nature makes it unlike any other Unix access control system.
If you have PAM misery or PAM mysteries, you need PAM Mastery
With PAM Mastery, you'll understand:
- the different versions of PAM
- the intricacies of Linux-PAM and OpenPAM
- how PAM policies make decisions
- how to debug PAM
- the most frequently seen PAM modules
- Linux-PAM extended controls and substacks
- time-based one-time passwords
- using SH keys for more than SH
- password quality testing
- policies from CentOS, Debian, and FreeBSD
- and more
Transform PAM from a headache to an ally with PAM Mastery
Michael W. (Michael W.) Lucas is a network/security engineer who is constantly tasked with network issues that no one else wants to tackle. He is the author of the widely praised No Starch Press books Absolute FreeBSD, Absolute OpenBSD, Cisco Routers for the Desperate, and PGP & GPG.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781642350074 |
| ISBN 10 | 1642350079 |
| Title | PAM Mastery |
| Author | Michael W Lucas |
| Series | It Mastery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tilted Windmill Press |
| Year published | 2018-08-28 |
| Number of pages | 182 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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