Hack Proofing Your Network (Second Edition)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 824 pages
• Published by: Syngress
• Edition: 2nd Edition March 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1928994709
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1928994701
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 3.1 pounds

Product Review
Essential reading for your IT security organization." Deena Joyce, Director of Information Technology and Network Security, Casino Magic

Book Description
A new edition the most popular Hack Proofing book around!
IT professionals who want to run secure networks, or build secure software, need to know about the methods of hackers. The second edition of the best seller Hack Proofing Your Network, teaches about those topics, including:
· The Politics, Laws of Security, Classes of Attack, Methodology, Diffing, Decrypting, Brute Force, Unexpected Input, Buffer Overrun, Sniffing, Session Hijacking, Spoofing, Server Holes, Client Holes, Trojans and Viruses, Reporting Security Problems, Choosing Secure Systems

The central idea of this book is that it's better for you to find the holes in your network than it is for someone else to find them, someone that would use them against you. The complete, authoritative guide to protecting your Windows 2000 Network.

Updated coverage of an international bestseller and series flagship
Covers more methods of attack and hacker secrets
Interest in topic continues to grow - network architects, engineers and administrators continue to scramble for security books
Written by the former security manager for Sybase and an expert witness in the Kevin Mitnick trials
· A great addition to the bestselling "Hack Proofing" series
· Windows 2000 sales have surpassed those of Windows NT
· Critical topic. The security of an organization's data and communications is crucial to its survival and these topics are notoriously difficult to grasp
· Unrivalled web support at www.solutions@syngress.com

Reader Reviews
When I read the first edition of this book, was truly disappointed. I was wondering how such people could have written such book. Not that the book was worthless, but too 'standard' to met the expectations I had from these guys. Still the idea was very interesting (information directly from the real experts), and I kept waiting for a new edition. Well the second edition is now out, and not only fulfills, but exceeds all my original expectations !! Let's take a look: The Approach: Understanding attacks and vulnerabilities, by understanding 'how to hack' (good hacking of course. . . .ahem ) The Book: Rewritten, expanded and improved, the book consists of 800+ pages well structured into 18 chapters (against 450+ pages and 15 chapters of the first edition). Well written, well presented, with a real fancy table of contents, the chapters include url's, a FAQ section and a SOLUTIONS FAST TRACK one. A lot of CLEVER code is included as well as helpful 'Tool & Traps' and 'Notes from the Underground. . . ' outlines. The new sections (all outstanding) include: - Hardware Hacking (otherwise only found in papers) - Tunneling (excellent) - IDS evasion (very easily explained) - Format strings attacks The Intended Audience: People willing to become network security pros. Contents: - Introduction to Security, Attacks and related Methodologies. - Cryptography. - Unexpected Input, Buffer Overflow, Format Strings. - Sniffing, Hijacking and Spoofing. - Tunneling, Hardware Hacking, Viruses (et al.). - IDS Evasion. - Automated Tools. - Reporting Security Problems. The Bottom Line: It is not just a good book, it is the best book among high level network security books, and the only that compares with specialized papers. Only quite easier. I got more than sixty papers on buffer overflows. None compares with the classical 'Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit' by Aleph One. IMHO, however, the corresponding chapter from this book, does compare and is really easier to understand. Finally, the 'piece de resistance' of the book, is the chapter about Spoofing. Really enjoyed it, and by the way got surprised reading the innovative (to me) technique to 'Spoof Connectivity Through Asymmetric Firewalls'. Good Job Dan ;-) As an added bonus, as an owner of this book, you'll find a lot of code files, applications and links... Comment | | (Report this)