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Linux security
hit up the man page for iptables to learn about iptables, the native linux firewall. Also, read up on TCP Wrappers. You should also get chkrootkit from http://www.chkrootkit.org and rkhunter (can't remember the site, just google for it). Chkrootkit and rkhunter are kinda like AV for *nix.
There are many resources for this on the web. Google is the best place to turn.