Internet Security With Windows Nt [Paperback]

Mark Joseph Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1997

A recent survey showed that 50% of businesses experienced attacks on their networks within the past year. 35% of those surveyed had losses that cost more than $1 million per security attack. -Computer World

With reports like this appearing almost daily, security has become the number one concern for NT users. To address the concern, security expert and Windows NT Magazine news editor Mark Edwards provides the quintessential guide to Internet and intranet security from the Windows NT platform. Comprehensive in scope, the book covers network security basics, Internet Information Server, Microsoft Proxy Server, and includes specific advice on selecting NT tools and security devices.

Product Details

• Paperback: 520 pages
• Publisher: 29th Street Pr (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882419626
• ISBN-13: 978-1882419623
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,056,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one-book answer to those trying to learn NT secu, June 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Security With Windows Nt (Paperback)

I am not a security expert, but I find it hard to fault this book. There are simply tons of information in it. I have had a lot of fun implementing what I've read.

The best part of this book is that it shows you how to hack into your own networks. That seems to me to be the only way to really learn security.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, February 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Security With Windows Nt (Paperback)

The author uses phrases like "incredibly robust" and "excellent choice" to describe Windows NT security system but lacking any in-depth discussion. When he talks about Windows 95 security, he says: "even though the security in Windows 95 is not incredibly robust ..."

All these make the book more like an promotional ad for Microsoft than a technical book. And indeed, I found myself turning the 250th page of the book without having learned anything I could not find from a Unix security book or a general introduction to Windows NT. The later half of the book does contain some useful information, but it is so scattered that I hardly think it a worthy effort going through the book.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lots of promise, little content, March 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Security With Windows Nt (Paperback)

I was excited to finally find a book which really addresses the gaping holes of NT-out-of-the-box-security especially in an Internet environment. I pitty the company who's NT sysadmin has to read this book to get up to scratch. There's nothing in this book you can't find on the net in much more detail. Edwards has a very pleasant writing style, but to really cover this topic his book would need 5000 pages.