"news@celticbear.com" <news@celticbear.com> writes:

>Took a look at B&N for some Linux security books, and was hoping to get
>some recommendations from actual users.
>Can anyone offer any advice on the following, or recommend a different
>one you think is better?

>Linux Security Cookbook (O'Reilly)
>Linux Server Security (O'Reilly)
>Hardening Linux (Turnball)

>I'm a little uncertain about that last one. Evidently it doesn't cover
>Apache or mySQL security, and I'd kind of like to have something that
>does, at least a little.


You've asked about a *Linux* security book, not explicitly one covering
Apache or mySQL, which are applications/programs that interact with an
(many) operating systems. It's all a huge field out there, so my advice
is not to expect a single book to meet all of your requirements.

You may find some (dated?) assistance from:

http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/reviews/0sb/

--
Chris.