Re: [orca-list] Advice from blind Linux users

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Charles E. Black <ceblack my bellevue edu> wrote:
> I am a cybersecurity person who has the need to understand Linux. I have
> developed in several languages and dealt with DOS, Windows, Unix on a
> limited basis and some Linux. I need to learn Linux and Unix in depth. Where
> can I get my best lessons to become the best cybersecurity individual I can
> be? 


Start by making sure you're very familiar with the shell and utilities. Read
William E. Shotts, Jr., The Linux Command Line.
http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
for details.

After that, read a good book on Linux system administration. I don't know any
that are recent and good, but they're bound to be available.

I would recommend Michael Kerrisk, The Linux Programming Interface. You can
buy it in electronic form from the publisher. It received a very favourable
review from Linux Weekly News when it was published.

You should definitely read a book about Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux). I
don't know which is the best book, as I haven't learned SELinux; but if you're
serious about Linux security, you should learn it. You can practice with a
Linux distribution such as Fedora that uses SELinux. SELinux provides
mandatory access controls; it's very serious technology.