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HackNotes(tm) Linux and Unix Security Portable Reference [Paperback]

Nitesh Dhanjani (Author)
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0072227869 978-0072227864 June 26, 2003 1
Safeguard your systems from all types of hackers, hijackers, and predators with help from this insightful resource. Get thorough, just-the-facts coverage of Linux, UNIX and Solaris, and learn about advanced hacking techniques including buffer overflows, password theory, port re-direction, and more.


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...Emphasis on real world examples reinforces just how serious today's threat is. -- Snax, The Shmoo Group, Maintainer of Airsnort

A virtual arms cache at your fingertips... -- Patrick Heim, Vice President Enterprise Security, McKesson Corporation

If you maintain one or more Unix or Linux machines, this book belongs on your shelf. -- Michael Reynolds, SolarisCentral

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HackNotes Linux and Unix Security Portable Reference gives you step-by-step details of intrusion tactics, tools, and actual techniques currently being used by criminals to break into computer networks. This book will teach you how to protect and harden Linux and Unix hosts against the most troublesome security issues. Use the unique and easy-to-access Reference Center in the middle of the book to quickly locate useful commands, online security resources, and more!

  • Explore counter intrusion tactics such as password brute-forcing, TCP-hijacking, man-in-the-middle attacks, and more
  • Learn to use the latest hacking tools, including Airsnort, Dsniff, Ettercap, Ethereal, Kismet, Netcat, and Nmap
  • Protect against privilege escalation attacks
  • Protect the most popular network services, including FTP, SSH, Telnet, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS, R-Services, NFS, Samba, POP, IMAP, MySQL, X, and VNC
  • Recognize both Backdoor and Rootkit tools and tactics used by sophisticated intruders
  • Learn in-depth and current Linux and Unix system hardening guidelines
  • Defend against software vulnerabilities such as race conditions, improper input validation, and misconfigurations
  • Write custom plug-ins for Nessus, the popular and free vulnerability scanning tool
  • Understand the latest wireless (802.11) hacking techniques, tools, and defenses

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (June 26, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0072227869
  • ISBN-13: 978-0072227864
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #989,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dhanjani is a well known information security researcher and speaker. Dhanjani is the author of "Hacking: The Next Generation" (O'Reilly), "Network Security Tools: Writing, Hacking, and Modifying Security Tools" (O'Reilly), and "HackNotes:Linux and Unix Security" (Osborne McGraw-Hill). He is also a contributing author to "Hacking Exposed 4" (Osborne McGraw-Hill) and "HackNotes:Network Security" (Osborne McGraw-Hill).

At Ernst & Young, Dhanjani is Senior Manager in the Advisory practice, responsible for helping some of the largest corporations establish enterprise wide information security programs and solutions. Dhanjani is also responsible for evangelizing brand new technology service lines around emerging technologies and trends such as social media, cloud computing, and virtualization.

Prior to E&Y, Dhanjani was Senior Director of Application Security and Assessments at Equifax where he spearheaded security efforts into enhancing the enterprise SDLC, created a process for performing source code security reviews & threat modeling, and managed the attack & penetration team. Before Equifax, Dhanjani was Senior Advisor at Foundstone's Professional Services group where, in addition to performing security assessments, he contributed to and taught Foundstone's Ultimate Hacking security courses.

Dhanjani holds both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science from Purdue University.

 

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Short and right to the point, July 23, 2003
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Roy Lo (West Lafayette, IN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HackNotes(tm) Linux and Unix Security Portable Reference (Paperback)
There are quite a few secucity related books out there nowdays. But most of them is just way too thick for me, to make matters worse those books are often filled with repeated or unwanted information. However, this book is different; it cuts right to the point and present me just the right amount of information that I wanted to know. At the same time, it is thin enough so I can carry it around with me.

As a unix sysadmin I think this is one of those books that should go right next to the "Unix System Administration Handbook" on bookshelfs.

This is a must have book for people who cares or want to know more about security.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent material, July 11, 2003
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The description of this book does not do it justice. I didnt expect much but mainly purchsed it because I liked the sound of the titles of its special chapters in Wireless hacking, NASL programming (for Nessus), and hacking with the Zaurus PDA.

At first glance, I wasnt sure how much material was presented. But after reading the first page or two, I realized the the purpose of the book, which is to give to-the-point information on topics such as enumeration, footprinting, remote hacking, privilege escalation, host hardening, etc. I have compared it to the other security books I already own, and this book seems to contain much more information in only about 200 pages! Since I am a sysadmin and have to travel a lot, I carry this book around with me in my laptop bag. I have only owned it for 2 days and have looked it up for reference material a bunch of times already. Good stuff. I highly recommend it, and watch out for the clever hacking techniques and goodies presented in the remote hacking chapter.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well done, October 15, 2003
This review is from: HackNotes(tm) Linux and Unix Security Portable Reference (Paperback)
Got this book after I read a recent review. I found this book to contain some pretty cool attack & penetration techniques. Chapters like the one on NASL and the Zaurus PDA hacking are a nice addition.

Since this is a hacking book, I disagree with the one review on here that complained about it not being complete. As far as the a&p techniques go, this book packs in more info than most 400+ hacking books I own. Saves a lot of desk real estate and also time. I really dont want to read 5 pages telling me what a portscan is, just tell me how to do it. I prefer it over the Hacking Exposed Linux book when I need quick and precise answers. This book helps me with just this. Right to the point, and some very cool techniques!

5 thumbs up.

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Footprinting is the process of accumulating preliminary data about a target using publicly available methods. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
server banner, configure your firewall, open auth, traffic securely, banner information, encrypted communication between the client, using nmap, cious user, victim host, open ssh, umask value, setuid programs, buffer overflow vulnerability, same network segment, mailbox server, software vulnerabilities, privilege escalation, password hashes, whois database, portable reference, grep command, registrar records, preceding script, hacking techniques, remote shell
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Port State Service, Common Defenses Against Brute-Force Attacks, Microsoft Windows, Brute-Forcing Please, John the Ripper, Secure Sockets Layer, Nessus Attack Scripting Language, Post Office Protocol, Linux Kernel, Network News Transfer Protocol, Online Resources, Sharp Zaurus, Sun Mar, Live Exceeded, Querying Domain Registrar Records, Sun Solaris, Thu Apr, Berkeley Internet Name Domain, Domain Name System, Server Message Block, Wed Jan
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