OReilly.Security.Power.Tools.Aug.2007.eBook-BBL
TITLE : Security Power Tools [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
AUTHOR : by B Burns (Author)
PUBLISHER : O'Reilly Media publisher
ISBN : 0596009631
EDITION : 1st
PUB DATE : August 27, 2007
LANGUAGE : English
FORMAT : PDF
[ R e l e a s e N o t e s ]
What if you could sit down with some of the most talented security
engineers in the world and ask any network security question you wanted?
Security Power Tools lets you do exactly that! Members of Juniper
Networks' Security Engineering team and a few guest experts reveal how
to use, tweak, and push the most popular network security applications,
utilities, and tools available using Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix
platforms. Designed to be browsed, Security Power Tools offers you
multiple approaches to network security via 23 cross-referenced chapters
that review the best security tools on the planet for both black hat
techniques and white hat defense tactics. It's a must-have reference for
network administrators, engineers and consultants with tips, tricks, and
how-to advice for an assortment of freeware and commercial tools,
ranging from intermediate level command-line operations to advanced
programming of self-hiding exploits. Security Power Tools details best
practices for:
- Reconnaissance -- including tools for network scanning such as nmap;
vulnerability scanning tools for Windows and Linux; LAN reconnaissance;
tools to help with wireless reconnaissance; and custom packet generation
- Penetration -- such as the Metasploit framework for automated
penetration of remote computers; tools to find wireless networks;
exploitation framework applications; and tricks and tools to manipulate
shellcodes
- Control -- including the configuration of several tools for use as
backdoors; and a review of known rootkits for Windows and Linux
- Defense -- including host-based firewalls; host hardening for
Windows and Linux networks; communication security with ssh; email
security and anti-malware; and device security testing
- Monitoring -- such as tools to capture, and analyze packets; network
monitoring with Honeyd and snort; and host monitoring of production
servers for file changes
- Discovery -- including The Forensic Toolkit, SysInternals and other
popular forensic tools; application fuzzer and fuzzing techniques; and
the art of binary reverse engineering using tools like Interactive
Disassembler and Ollydbg A practical and timely network security ethics
chapter written by a Stanford University professor of law completes the
suite of topics and makes this book a goldmine of security information.
Save yourself a ton of headaches and be prepared for any network
security dilemma with Security Power Tools.