Network Security: A Practical Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 384 pages
• Published by: Morgan Kaufmann April 8, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0123116333
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0123116338
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.7 pounds

Book Description
Fills the need for a single source that introduces all of the important network security areas.

Product Description
Network Security is a comprehensive resource written for anyone who plans or implements network security measures, including managers and practitioners. It offers a valuable dual perspective on security: how your network looks to hackers who want to get inside, and how you need to approach it on the inside to keep them at bay.

You get all the hands-on technical advice you need to succeed, but also higher-level administrative guidance for developing an effective security policy. There may be no such thing as absolute security, but, as the author clearly demonstrates, there is a huge difference between the protection offered by routine reliance on third-party products and what you can achieve by actively making informed decisions. You'll learn to do just that with this book's assessments of the risks, rewards, and trade-offs related implementing security measures.

+ Helps you see through a hacker's eyes so you can make your network more secure.
+ Provides technical advice that can be applied in any environment, on any platform, including help with intrusion detection systems, firewalls, encryption, anti-virus software, and digital certificates.
+ Emphasizes a wide range of administrative considerations, including security policies, user management, and control of services and devices.
+ Covers techniques for enhancing the physical security of your systems and network.
+ Explains how hackers use information-gathering to find and exploit security flaws.
+ looks at the most effective ways to prevent hackers from gaining root access to a server.
+ Addresses Denial of Service attacks, "malware," and spoofing.
+ Includes appendices covering the TCP/IP protocol stack, well-known ports, and reliable sources for security warnings and updates.

Reader Reviews
During the design of a secure network, you need to understand the interaction of security measures and network usability. Author Jan L. Harrington has done an outstanding job of bringing you a wealth of information about planning for security, managing security, the ways in which system crackers gain access to your network, and strategies for securing your network resources against attack. Harrington begins this book by looking at security policies and at auditing compliance to such policies. Next, the author covers basic network layout options for handling security. In addition, the author then turns to physical security--which is the process of protecting your hardware from unwanted access. She also covers techniques that external system crackers use to gain unauthorized access to network resources, including information gathering, network attacks that can give them root access to servers or workstations, spoofing, and denial of service attacks. Then, she looks at malware and those nasty viruses, worms, and other junk that seem to appear out of nowhere. The author then helps you find information about password security. Next, she deals with remote users and covers additional ways of authenticating users beyond a simple user name and password. Then, she looks at the current state of wireless security and also discusses some forthcoming wireless security technologies. Finally, she covers encryption. With the preceding in mind, the author has done an excellent job of making this book very readable and easy to understand. At the end of the day, you'll be able to implement the security concepts covered in this book with relative ease.