Chapter 7. Server and Host Security
This chapter covers the following subjects:
• IPv6 Host Security: Hardening popular IPv6-capable operating systems
• Host Firewalls: Filtering configuration for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and Microsoft operating systems
• Securing Hosts with Cisco Security Agent 6.0: Review of the IPv6 features in CSA 6.0
Network professionals occasionally overemphasize the importance of the network; the computers that run the applications are also important components in an IT environment. Hackers realize that attacks on the network infrastructure have a limited usefulness. They would rather focus their energy on the endpoints that contain valuable information. Therefore, you must consider the security of the IPv6-enabled ...
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