This page is designed to give users some links to web pages which have information and resources for the Linux Operating System.

Most Common Linux Distributors

Red Hat
Linux Mandrake
SuSe
Debian

Installation Guides

Linux Installation And Getting Started Guide: This site gives detailed information on how to install your Linux machine, and even how to set it up on a Local Area Network. Most interesting of all though is the detailed history of Linux that the writer gives you in the introduction

Moving from MS Windows to Linux: This site is more for people who are moving from a Windows environment to a Linux environment. It takes you step by step from repartitioning your hard drive to installing Linux and setting up your machine for duel boot. This site is great for beginners.

Rutgers Unix Pages
Unix An Introduction-   An introduction to using Unix at Rutgers University.  The commands that are gone over on this page are of use to linux users too.

Intermediate Unix -  Intermediate commands including process control and shell scripting.

Rutgers Student Linux User Group

New Jersey Linux Users Group- This group meets once a month to discuss topics of use in the world of Linux.  This group is based out of Rutgers University New Brunswick.

oss.rutgers.edu- Open System Support for Rutgers University

Linux Administrators Security Guide- Online guide to help Linux users make sure that their linux machine is secure.

Rutgers Linux FTP site- Rutgers own FTP site for Linux distributions and software

Dialup Networking With Linux- A Document on how to set up Linux to dial into Rutgers University.  Goes over security concerns and step by step instructions on how to use a program called linuxconf to dial into Rutgers.

News Groups

comp.os.linux.setup:	news group that deals with setting up linux on your machine
comp.os.linux.hardware:	News group that deals with hardware compatibility with linux
comp.os.linux.networking:	News group that deals with the steps needed to network linux computers together
comp.os.linux.security:	News group that deals with security issues related to linux.

Linux Security

The issue of Linux security is an important one that you really should not take for granted. As the popularity of Open Source Systems like Linux and Unix has grown in the past 10 years, so has the popularity of trying to exploit security holes on these systems. Even though there is no such thing as a secure system, there are steps that you can take to protect your system from some types of attacks. There are many books, and websites that can be found dealing with these issues. Below are a list of some of the ones I have found most useful.

Open System Support (OSS) at Rutgers University has a very good checklist of security issues for Linux. This site lists all the common exploits and how to protect your machine from being attacked.

Bastille Linux is a program that helps you tighten security on your Linux machine. Through a series of questions all the services that your machine needs are made more secure, and all the services you do not need are disabled. This program not only makes your Linux machine more secure but it also educates you as to security issues that you might not have even thought of.

By no means is this a complete list of all possible ways to protect your system. Books that are 600 pages long have been written on the subject and they don't even cover every possible attack that could be launched against your machine. But by using all the resources you can find about Linux security you certainly reduce your risk of falling prey to an attack.

Applications

Dialup Configuration Programs

*Ibiblio.org- gives you the link to the ftp site where you can download configppp. ConfigPPP is a program that will set up dialup networking preferences for you. You also might want to check out their index at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/ppp/!INDEX for a list of other programs you can download to get on the net.

Solucorp- gives you the link to the ftp site where you can download linuxconf. Linuxconf is a program that will set up dialup networking preferences for you.

Dial2Net- Is a program that sets up a dialup connection for you. The real kicker here is that if you use Mindspring or ATT to connect to the internet the configuration is already done for you.

Rutgers_dialup1.3- This program is a version of the dial2net program that has been configured for Rutgers University.  It has the dialup numbers and DNS numbers for the New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden campuses.

(NOTE: All software on this page is freely distributed and comes with no warranty, but should work with Rutgers dialups.  Programs designated with a * before their names have yet to be tested.)