eBooks List For Item Computers / Internet / Security
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Pro-Administrator's Pocket Consultant)
- ISBN:
- 0735621888
- Authors:
- Bud Ratliff, Jason Ballard
Here’s the utterly practical, pocket-sized reference for IT professionals who need to deliver security-enhanced Internet connectivity, fast Web access, and lower costs to their organizations. This unique guide provides essential details for using Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 to help protect and accelerate your e-business—whether it’s migrating from Proxy Server; employing the extensible, multilayer...
Network Security Principles and Practices (CCIE Professional Development)
- ISBN:
- 1587050250
- Authors:
- Saadat Malik
Expert solutions for securing network infrastructures and VPNs Build security into the network by defining zones, implementing secure routing protocol designs, and building safe LAN switching environmentsUnderstand the inner workings of the Cisco PIX Firewall and analyze in-depth Cisco PIX Firewall and Cisco IOS Firewall features and conceptsUnderstand what VPNs are and how they are implemented with protocols such as GRE, L2TP, and IPSecGain a...
Load Balancing Servers, Firewalls, and Caches
- ISBN:
- 0471415502
- Authors:
- Chandra Kopparapu
From an industry insider--a close look at high-performance, end-to-end switching solutions Load balancers are fast becoming an indispensable solution for handling the huge traffic demands of the Web. Their ability to solve a multitude of network and server bottlenecks in the Internet age ranges from dramatic improvements in server farm scalability to removing the firewall as a network bottleneck. This book provides a detailed, up-to-date,...
Security in Distributed and Networking Systems (Computer and Netwrok Security)
- ISBN:
- 9812708073
Security issues in distributed systems and network systems are extremely important. This edited book provides a comprehensive treatment on security issues in these systems, ranging from attacks to all kinds of solutions from prevention to detection approaches. The book includes security studies in a range of systems including peer-to-peer networks, distributed systems, Internet, wireless networks, Internet service, e-commerce, mobile and...
Ajax Security
- ISBN:
- 0321491939
- Authors:
- Billy Hoffman, Bryan Sullivan
The Hands-On, Practical Guide to Preventing Ajax-Related Security Vulnerabilities More and more Web sites are being rewritten as Ajax applications; even traditional desktop software is rapidly moving to the Web via Ajax. But, all too often, this transition is being made with reckless disregard for security. If Ajax applications aren’t designed and coded properly, they can be susceptible to far more dangerous security vulnerabilities than...
Metasploit Toolkit for Penetration Testing, Exploit Development, and Vulnerability Research
- ISBN:
- 1597490741
- Authors:
- David Maynor
This is the first book available for the Metasploit Framework (MSF), which is the attack platform of choice for one of the fastest growing careers in IT security: Penetration Testing. The book and companion Web site will provide professional penetration testers and security researchers with a fully integrated suite of tools for discovering, running, and testing exploit code. This book discusses how to use the Metasploit Framework (MSF) as an...
Configuring IPCop Firewalls: Closing Borders with Open Source: How to setup, configure and manage your Linux firewall, web proxy, DHCP, DNS, time server, ... VPN with this powerful Open Source solution
- ISBN:
- 1904811361
- Authors:
- James Eaton-Lee, Barrie Dempster
How to setup, configure and manage your Linux firewall, web proxy, DHCP, DNS, time server, and VPN with this powerful Open Source solution Learn how to install, configure, and set up IPCop on your Linux servers Use IPCop as a web proxy, DHCP, DNS, time server, and VPN Advanced add-on management In Detail IPCop is a powerful, open source, Linux based firewall distribution for primarily Small Office Or Home (SOHO) networks, although it can be...
Check Point Next Generation Security Administration
- ISBN:
- 1928994741
- Authors:
- Allen V. Keele, Daniel Kligerman, Drew Simonis, Corey Pincock
Check Point NGX R65 is the next major release of Check Point's flagship firewall software product. Check Point's NGX is the underlying security software platform for all of the company's enterprise firewall, VPN, and management solutions. It enables enterprises of all sizes to reduce the cost and complexity of security management and ensure that their security systems can be easily extended to adapt to new and emerging threats. This title is a...
PC Magazine Fighting Spyware, Viruses, and Malware
- ISBN:
- 0764577697
- Authors:
- Ed Tittel
Think there's no malicious software on your computer? PC Magazine thinks you should think again. Scans by ISPs have revealed as many as twenty-eight spyware programs running on the average home computer--like yours. That's a lot of people prying into what's on your PC, and a DSL or cable connection is a virtual welcome mat. But by following Ed Tittel's advice, you can learn how invasions occur, spot an infestation, repair damage that's already...
Democratic Faith (New Forum Books)
- ISBN:
- 069111871X
- Authors:
- Patrick Deneen
The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility." Democratic Faith is at once a trenchant analysis and a powerful critique of this underlying assumption that informs democratic theory. Patrick Deneen argues that among democracy's most ardent supporters there is an oft-expressed belief in the need to "transform" human beings in order to...
Web Services Security
- ISBN:
- 0072224711
- Authors:
- Mark O'Neill
Explains how to implement secure Web services and includes coverage of trust, confidentiality, cryptography, authentication, authorization, and Kerberos. You'll also find details on Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), XML Key Management Specification (XKMS), XML Encryption, Hypertext Transfer Protocol-Reliability (HTTP-R) and more.
Web Caching (O'Reilly Internet Series)
- ISBN:
- 156592536X
- Authors:
- Duane Wessels
A properly designed web cache reduces network traffic and improves access times to popular web sites--a boon to network administrators and web users alike. Web Caching hands you all the technical information you need to design, deploy, and operate a web caching service. It spells out in practical detail how to design an effective cache solution, configure both web servers and web browsers to use a cache, set up a collection of caches that can...
MPLS VPN Security
- ISBN:
- 1587051834
- Authors:
- Michael H. Behringer, Monique J. Morrow
A practical guide to hardening MPLS networks Define "zones of trust" for your MPLS VPN environment Understand fundamental security principles and how MPLS VPNs work Build an MPLS VPN threat model that defines attack points, such as VPN separation, VPN spoofing, DoS against the network’s backbone, misconfigurations, sniffing, and inside attack forms Identify VPN security requirements, including robustness against attacks, hiding of the core...
Securing Your Business with Cisco ASA and PIX Firewalls
- ISBN:
- 1587052148
- Authors:
- Greg Abelar
Protect critical data and maintain uptime with Cisco ASDM and Cisco Security Agent Understand how attacks can impact your business and the different ways attacks can occur Learn about the defense-in-depth model for deploying firewall and host protection Examine navigation methods and features of Cisco ASDM Set up Cisco ASA, PIX Firewall, and ASDM hardware and software Use the Cisco ASDM startup wizard to safely connect your network to the...
SSL Remote Access VPNs (Network Security)
- ISBN:
- 1587052423
- Authors:
- Qiang Huang, Jazib Frahim
SSL Remote Access VPNs An introduction to designing and configuring SSL virtual private networks Jazib Frahim, CCIE® No. 5459 Qiang Huang, CCIE No. 4937 Cisco® SSL VPN solutions (formerly known as Cisco WebVPN solutions) give you a flexible and secure way to extend networking resources to virtually any remote user with access to the Internet and a web browser. Remote access based on SSL VPN delivers secure access to network resources...
Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks
- ISBN:
- 1593270461
- Authors:
- Michal Zalewski
Author Michal Zalewski has long been known and respected in the hacking and security communities for his intelligence, curiosity and creativity, and this book is truly unlike anything else out there. In Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks, Zalewski shares his expertise and experience to explain how computers and networks work, how information is processed and delivered, and what security threats lurk...
Syngress Force 2006 Emerging Threat Analysis: From Mischief to Malicious
- ISBN:
- 1597490563
- Authors:
- Michael Gregg
A One-Stop Reference Containing the Most Read Topics in the Syngress Security Library This Syngress Anthology Helps You Protect Your Enterprise from Tomorrow's Threats Today This is the perfect reference for any IT professional responsible for protecting their enterprise from the next generation of IT security threats. This anthology represents the "best of" this year's top Syngress Security books on the Human, Malware, VoIP, Device Driver,...
php|architect's Guide to PHP Security|
- ISBN:
- 0973862106
- Authors:
- Ilia Alshanetsky
Security is a hot topic these days, with new exploits and patches released on a daily basis for all sorts of operating systems and applications. Recently, the security bubble has expanded to touch the PHP world, and several well-known applications have been the target of a great number of attacks. Despite all the negative publicity, however, PHP is and remains a very stable--and very secure--programming environment. php|architect's Guide to PHP...
Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition
- ISBN:
- 0596003234
- Authors:
- Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford PH.D., Alan Schwartz PH.D.
When Practical Unix Security was first published more than a decade ago, it became an instant classic. Crammed with information about host security, it saved many a Unix system administrator from disaster. The second edition added much-needed Internet security coverage and doubled the size of the original volume. The third edition is a comprehensive update of this very popular book - a companion for the Unix/Linux system administrator who needs...
Computer Security Basics
- ISBN:
- 0596006691
- Authors:
- Rick Lehtinen, Deborah Russell, G T Gangemi, Lehtinen Rick, Gangemi G.T.
This is the must-have book for a must-know field. Today, general security knowledge is mandatory, and, if you who need to understand the fundamentals, Computer Security Basics 2nd Edition is the book to consult. The new edition builds on the well-established principles developed in the original edition and thoroughly updates that core knowledge. For anyone involved with computer security, including security administrators, system administrators,...
Linux Server Security
- ISBN:
- 0596006705
- Authors:
- Michael D Bauer
Linux consistently appears high up in the list of popular Internet servers, whether it's for the Web, anonymous FTP, or general services such as DNS and delivering mail. But security is the foremost concern of anyone providing such a service. Any server experiences casual probe attempts dozens of time a day, and serious break-in attempts with some frequency as well. This highly regarded book, originally titled "Building Secure Servers with...
Snort Cookbook
- ISBN:
- 0596007914
- Authors:
- Angela D Orebaugh, Simon Biles, Jacob Babbin
If you are a network administrator, you're under a lot of pressure to ensure that mission-critical systems are completely safe from malicious code, buffer overflows, stealth port scans, SMB probes, OS fingerprinting attempts, CGI attacks, and other network intruders. Designing a reliable way to detect intruders before they get in is an essential--but often overwhelming--challenge. Snort, the defacto open source standard of intrusion detection...
Using the Internet Safely For Seniors For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
- ISBN:
- 0470457457
- Authors:
- Nancy C. Muir, Linda Criddle
The Internet is amazing, but the risks you’ve heard about are real, too. You can avoid being a victim of online crime with the simple steps for staying safe online that you’ll find in Using the Internet Safely For Seniors For Dummies. Here’s the guide you need to steer safely through the hazards so you can shop, visit, invest, explore, pay bills, and do dozens of other things online — more securely. Learn to protect yourself from online...
Troubleshooting Linux(R) Firewalls
- ISBN:
- 0321227239
- Authors:
- Michael Shinn, Scott Shinn
While Linux firewalls are inexpensive and quite reliable, they lack the supportcomponent of their commerical counterparts. As a result, most users of Linuxfirewalls have to resort to mailing lists to solve their problems. Our authorshave scoured firewall mailing lists and have compiled a list of the most oftenencountered problems in Linux firewalling. This book takes a Chilton's manualdiagnostic approach to solving these problems.The book begins...