Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Linux Basics
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Linux Family
Why Linux is a good fit for a networking team
Why is Linux important?
The history of Linux
Mainstream data center Linux
Red Hat
Oracle/Scientific Linux
SUSE
Ubuntu
BSD/FreeBSD/OpenBSD
Specialty Linux distributions
Open source firewalls
Kali Linux
SIFT
Security Onion
Virtualization
Linux and cloud computing
Picking a Linux distribution for your organization
Summary
Further reading
Chapter 2: Basic Linux Network Configuration and Operations – Working with Local Interfaces
Technical requirements
Working with your network settings – two sets of commands
Displaying interface IP information
Displaying routing information
IPv4 addresses and subnet masks
Special-purpose ...
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