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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml index 1b42c1925b..4b449cb97e 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml @@ -22,9 +22,63 @@ <sect1> <title>Synopsis</title> - <para>The following chapter will provide a basic introduction to - system security concepts, some general good rules of thumb, and some - advanced topics such as S/Key, OpenSSL, Kerberos, and others.</para> + <para>This chapter will provide a basic introduction to system security + concepts, some general good rules of thumb, and some advanced topics + under FreeBSD. A lot of the topics covered here can be applied + to system and Internet security in general as well. The Internet + is no longer a <quote>friendly</quote> place in which everyone + wants to be your kind neighbor. Securing your system is imperative + to protect your data, intellecutal property, time, and much more + from the hands of hackers and the like.</para> + + <para>FreeBSD provides an array of utilities and mechanisms to + ensure the integrity and security of your system and + network.</para> + + <para>After reading this chapter, you will know:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Basic system security concepts, in respect to FreeBSD.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>About the various crypt mechanisms available in FreeBSD, + such as DES and MD5.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>How to setup S/Key, an alternative, one-time password + authentication system.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>How to setup Kereberos, another alternative + authentication system.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>How to create firewalls using IPFW.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>How to configure IPSec.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>How to configure and use OpenSSH, FreeBSD's SSH + implementation.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>Before reading this chapter, you should:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Understand basic FreeBSD and Internet concepts.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect1> <sect1 id="security-intro"> |