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Internet Security With Windows Nt

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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.

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.

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.

I have a library full of NT books. Mark Joseph Edwards writing style and his down-to-earth explanations gave me the answers and steps I needed to getting started with NT. I highly recommend this book as a first book for any NT beginner. Follow it from page 1 to the end and you will do just fine. Well worth money!