Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, 4/e

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 doesnt 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 cant--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 DVD

Contents            

  Part I: Casing the Establishment
   Ch. 1: Footprinting
   Ch. 2: Scanning
   Ch. 3: Enumeration

  Part II: System Hacking
   Ch. 4: Hacking Windows 95/98, ME, & Windows XP
   Ch. 5: Hacking Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows.NET Server
   Ch. 6: Novell NetWare Hacking
   Ch. 7: Hacking Unix/Linux (revised to include new coverage of Apache)
   Ch. 8: Database Hacking

  Part III: Network Hacking
   Ch. 9: Dial-up, PBX, Voicemail, and VPN Hacking
   Ch. 10: Network Devices & Wireless Security
   Ch. 11: Firewalls
   Ch. 12: Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks

  Part IV: Software Hacking
   Ch. 13: Remote Control Insecurities
   Ch. 14: Advanced Techniques
   Ch. 15: Web Hacking
   Ch. 16: Hacking the Internet User

  Part V: Appendixes
    Appendix A: Ports
    Appendix B: Top 14 Security Vulnerabilities
    Appendix C: About the Companion Web Site & CD-ROM