Customer Reviews

Hacker Proof (General Interest)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Overall, this is a pretty good, general, beginner's book to network security.

For me, my main goal was to learn more about the OSI Model and how it relates to various security solutions I am investigating. The book does a pretty good job with the OSI Model and it explains pretty well the various technologies and techniques out there.

The fly in the ointment for this book is the fact that it has VERY little on wireless security. In fact, it only has one chapter and this one chapter dealt with all the different flavors of wireless technology. I was particularly interested in security solutions for wireless LANs and this book only had a page on WLANs.

This book did not mention WEP or 802.11b or any of the 802.11x flavors out there. I had to glance at the copyright date in order to make sure that it was published in 2002! I find this omission very strange but at the same time network security is network security.

I am going to stick with my four-star rating because it is a good general book but don't expect much depth.

On another note, does anyone else but me find it suspicious that this book got 3 positive reviews in the space of a week and then little else over the last few months? :-)

If there is a hacker-related book -- I have it ... compared to others, this book was easy to follow.

My Web site must support secure credit card transactions. The book's chapters on digital certificates, SSL, and e-commerce made the process almost cut and paste.

I also like and recommend Hacking Exposed.

I owned the previous edition -- I bought this version because it promised new utilties -- intrusion detection, admin tools, ... for the most part, I have been happy. [The old edition provided the tools on a CD -- the new book has a companion Web site] -- trying to download the tools through my firewall can be challenging -- especially anything that has to do with viruses ...

That said, however, the new content is good.

The book has a definite slant towards Windows. But then ...

I have been building lots of Web clippings for the Palm environment. I needed a way to authenticate users. The book's discussion on Wireless protocols helped me implement a solution that works for the Palm and Web phones.

The book does a fair job of covering OS issues -- I recommend getting a book specific to an OS (such as Linux Exposed) if you need to protect a specific type of server.

The discussion on protecting ASP scripts was pretty good.

Over all -- worth the investment of money and time.

As a network administrator, I think this book is a MUST HAVE! The new edition was long overdue. This is the book you want if you are looking for the best resource on network security.

Very up to date book. Excellent reading (even though this is a text book for me~ Not boring text material). Great book

I bought a copy of the new Hacker Proof and I highly recommend this book. There are a lot of security books out there now and Hacker Proof is a MUST have!!

The book content is current and should be on every network administrator's desk.

Great Read!

This book was detailed and concise. The online companion is an excellant compliment as well!