Slamming Spam : A Guide for System Administrators

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Slamming Spam : A Guide for System Administrators ISBN  0131467166 Release Date  20 December 2004 Category  Computer Security Tags  spam,   spam assassin,   slamming spam,   nielsen,   administrator,   spam mail,   jakob nielsen,   This book @Amazon  View Tools Google Search Web flazx.com

Description Real Anti-Spam Help for System Administrators In Slamming Spam, two spam fighters show you how to fight back—and win. Unlike most spam books, this one is written specifically for in-the-trenches system administrators: professionals who need hands-on solutions for detecting, managing, and deterring spam in Unix/Linux and/or Microsoft Windows environments. The authors offer deep, administrator-focused coverage of the most valuable open-source tools for reducing spam's impact in the enterprise—especially SpamAssassin. Drawing on their extensive experience in developing and implementing anti-spam tools, the authors present expert insights into every leading approach to fighting spam, including Bayesian filtering, distributed checksum filtering, and email client filtering. Coverage includes Step-by-step junk mail filtering with Procmail Protecting Sendmail, Postfix, qmail, Microsoft Exchange, and Lotus Domino servers from spam Making the most of native MTA anti-spam features, including whitelists/blacklists, DNS black hole services, and header checking Distributed checksum filtering solutions, including Vipul's Razor and Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse McAfee SpamKiller for Lotus Domino McAfee SpamKiller for Microsoft Exchange Implementing and managing SpamAssassin Implementing SMTP AUTH, providing effective outbound SMTP authentication and relaying with any mail client; and STARTTLS, encrypting outbound mail content, user names, and passwords Sender verification techniques, including challenge/response, special use addresses, and sender compute Anti-spam solutions for Outlook, Outlook Express, Mozilla Messenger, and Unix mail clients Whatever your IT environment and mail platform, Slamming Spam's defense in-depth strategies can help you dramatically reduce spam and all its attendant costs—IT staff time, network/computing resources, and user productivity. Other books on Computer Security Applied Security Visualization Ethical Hacking Intrusion Detection Systems (Advances in Information Security) VizSEC 2007: Proceedings of the Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security (Mathematics and Visualization) Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses (Symantec Press) Computer Security, Privacy and Politics: Current Issues, Challenges and Solutions No Tech Hacking: A Guide to Social Engineering, Dumpster Diving, and Shoulder Surfing Netcat Power Tools Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost: Preventing Intellectual Property Theft and Economic Espionage in the 21st Century Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition Smart Cards, Tokens, Security and Applications Digital Privacy: Theory, Technologies, and Practices Gray Hat Hacking, Second Edition Insider Computer Fraud: An In-depth Framework for Detecting and Defending against Insider IT Attacks Hacking Exposed Windows: Microsoft Windows Security Secrets and Solutions, Third Edition (Hacking Exposed)