Hacking Exposed Network Security Secrets & Solutions

"The seminal book on white-hat hacking and countermeasures.... Should be required reading for anyone with a server or a network to secure." --Bill Machrone, PC Magazine "Reading this book is better than hiring those Sneakers guys to break into your network to tell you where the open doors are, and it doesn't cost nearly as much." --Professional Certification magazine "A great practical guide for administrators and an eminently readable expose on hacking that should smooth the way for sensible executive policies to protect corporate networks." --Cameron Sturdevant, eWeek "Will tell you more about what hackers have done and can--and can't--do than anything else I have seen....Chock full of tips on countermeasures and just plain usability tricks. Recommended." --Jerry Pournelle, BYTE Magazine "For almost any computer book, you can find a clone. But not this one.... A one-of-a-kind study of the art of breaking in." --UNIX Review New and Updated Material: Each part opens with a brand new case study based on real security scenarios Brand new chapter covers the latest 802.11 Wireless networking security attacks and countermeasures New strategies for proactively defending against dial-up, PBX, voicemail, and VPN hacks Completely rewritten enumeration chapter including new SQL Server discovery tools, Windows XP/.NET Server countermeasures, Novell exploits, and network discovery using BGP New techniques for gaining unauthorized access to Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP, Novell 6, UNIX, and Linux Up-to-date countermeasures for preventing the exploitation of proxy and packet filtering firewall vulnerabilities Web hacking chapter completely revised and updated to cover the latest platform-specific vulnerabilities from Apache to IIS, current techniques including cross-site scripting, fuzzing, and SQL injection attacks, and all of the latest tools from Achilles to Nikto Hacking Exposed Live! video presentation on DVDMcClure, Stuart is the author of 'Hacking Exposed Network Security Secrets & Solutions' with ISBN 9780072227420 and ISBN 0072227427.