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The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes

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Basically this book is very good. It goes through the basic to some advanced techniques. The author tried to cover a lot of Operating Systems, from x86 (Windows and Linux) to Mac, Sparks and Cisco, so you should be aware whether this is your focus or not, if not you will take advantage of a few chapters of the book. In my case, I was interested just in x86 shellcode programming, so I should paid half of the price (just kidding). Also, it does not explain advanced techniques (such as code obfuscation, self-modification, etc), but it's very good for intermediate coders. Recommended.

This book serves as a good introduction to shell coding. The first 6 chapters on linux are reasonably complete; if you read the material and take the time to learn the concepts you will be happy with your progress. However, as the book dives into other operating systems I feel that some of this completeness and solidarity are vanishing. As I get deeper and deeper into the text, there are more and more words and concepts which are prerequisite yet the authors never explained. It feels like they were very comprehensive and diligent in the first chapters, but got lazy and impatient as it progressed.

Loved it, I think this is the best book on shellcode out there. The only downside is, there isn't so much new content compared to the first edition. Other than that, this book is definitely a must if you're after low-level knowledge on computer security.