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Hack Attacks Denied: Complete Guide to Network LockDown

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This information is the icing on the cake...a logical follow up to Revealed for those times when you read Revealed and asked yourself:

"Damn...ok...so what the hell else can I do to stop this?!?"

Another great book by Chirillo with realistic methodical approaches to locking things down and keeping them locked (most likely in your environment...not some fantasy lab where users are passive and understanding). The book has detailed examples on every topic and links for when even this great resource starts to loose it luster...although I see it remaining useful for much longer than the average ivory tower fear mongering "information security" pot boiler.

Should this information been included in Revealed...maybe...but Revealed is thick enough as it is (not a bad thing.) A box set of the two really isn't a bad idea...particularly if it was sweetened with a full Tiger Suite 2.0 or both books on pdf.

Definitely not written by an author this book is a jumble of information. Not explained well, a lot of the data is incorrect anyway and general assumptions are made without proof to back them. A lot seems to be the author's opinion rather than actual fact, and in a technological industry, you really need to prove your statements. Technical people will buy this to learn from, so will need more than just opinions to implement security in their networks. I didn't feel that I got a good step-by-step walkthrough of how to fully secure our network--many options and tools are presented but mainly the book leaves you paranoid that you cannot fully protect your company. I liked Hacking Exposed better because it was less general and left me with fewer decisions and questions. Also I felt the book was heavy with with charts and reference lists and not enough detailed explanation of "why" and "how". Just a lot of "what". I need more explanation and insight.

Not a very well-executed demonstration of network security knowledge in my opinion. Too much material is covered in a not-well organized way. Lots of odds and ends are included but not well-explained and diagrams not very helpful. I didn't get as much out of this as I expected. It's a jumble of code, networking protocols and hacking software descriptions. I don't need code. I need real instructive information on security.

The best defense is a good offense and John's book tries to help plan that offense. It is important to be wary of those around you and know how to protect your assets from unexpected breaches in security. Statistics show that the most serious security breaches are internal attacks (trusted employees) rather than external, but it is important to be prepared for both. This book aims to help network security people do just that but falls short of its goal. This book is a good attempt at teaching security, but doesn't quite make the grade.

The hacking vulnerabilities from these books are complete listings, unlike most other books. Also, the author includes sections for those not so technical as well.

Revealed is a very informative book. It's full of submissions from numerous hackers which boosts both its insight and readability. Despite the book's title as 'hackers' are 'attackers', instead the hackers come across as intelligent, funny, computer-obsessed experimenters who can't resist a challenge. This book is the second part to Hack Attacks Revealed, over 500 pages, whose value is in the patches for all the security holes illustrated in the first book. The CD is loaded with compiled programs for securing systems, building firewalling devices, and secure browsing, telnet, ftp, chat, and mail. Again, there are extensive walkthroughs which makes it unique in this category.

These are good books and I emplore anyone to read them. The chapters on security go in depth. They also show you a lot of screenshots from hackingtools which are actually in use. And the cd-roms are also nice because of the hacker toolkit.

You just have to get this book after hacking the he@@ out of your network servers and home computers. The book contains not only the solutions but tools to track down and counter the bad guys.

This informal, step-by-step book will give you the tools and techniques to defend your network assets-and you don't even have to be expereinced. The book covers both *nix and Windows platforms, all routers and firewalls presenting descriptions of each countermeasure.

hack attacks revealed is best of the breed. i recommend to everyone who has ever asked 'how to hack'. be sure to read every page. this will save you time and effort wasted with search engines. hack attacks denied falls along the same line as revealed, but i recommend with reservation as denied really follows revealed closely. don't buy this book first as you can get lost in some fortifying steps. you need to refer to revealed during much of the text. they are a great set.