Author(s): Joel Scambray, Stuart MCClure..| Type: Hacking, Networking & Network Security | Pdf | English | Size: 7 Mb
Excellent book for the beginners--> A lot of computer-security textbooks approach the subject from a defensive point of view. "Do this, and probably you'll survive a particular kind of attack," they say. In refreshing contrast, Hacking Exposed, Second Edition talks about security from an offensive angle... This book tell you about Security vulnerabilities of operating systems, applications, and network devices, Administrative procedures that will help defeat them, Techniques for hacking Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Novell NetWare, and Unix, Strategies for breaking into (or bringing down) telephony devices, routers, and firewalls..
Book Description:
When a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, it certainly makes a sound. But if a computer network has a security vulnerability and no one knows about it, is it insecure? Only the most extreme Berkeleian idealist might argue against the former, but the latter is not nearly so obvious.
A network with a security vulnerability is insecure to those who know about the vulnerability.If noone knows about it—if it is literally a vulnerability that has not been discovered—then the network is secure. If one person knows about it, then the network is insecure to him but secure to everyone else. If the network equipment manufacturer knows about it...if security researchers know about it...if the hacking community knows about it the insecurity of the network increasesas news of the vulnerability gets out.
