Hacker Proof (General Interest) (Paperback)

by Kris Jamsa (Author), Lars Klander (Author) "In September 11, 2001, the world changed..." (more)
Key Phrases: shell history log, utmp file, postdated tickets, Internet Explorer, Java Virtual Machine, World Wide Web (more...)

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Product Description
Hacker Proof: The Ultimate Guide to Network Security provides a detailed examination of the security concepts network administrators, programmers, and Webmasters must know. The first edition was the original Hacker book and now the updated second edition is even better! Nonprogrammers will readily understand security threats and the steps they must perform to prevent them. Programmers will be thrilled with the detailed programming examples that demonstrate how hackers penetrate the most secure computer systems, The book's companion CD-ROM includes software users can run to test their system's security and look at hacker scenarios.

About the Author
Worldwide, millions of computer users regard Dr. Kris Jamsa as one of the leading experts and authors in the industry. He is the author of over 95 books covering a wide range of topics in computer technology, security, graphics, networking, and programming. Kris received his bachelor's degree in computer science from the United States Air Force Academy. During his tenure in the Air Force, Dr. Jamsa worked as a VAX/VMS system manager, overseeing computer hardware, software and network security. He received his Master's Degree in computer science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and his doctorate in computer science with an emphasis on operating systems from Arizona State University. In 1997, Dr. Jamsa earned an MBA degree from San Diego State University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 680 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 2 edition (February 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766862712
• ISBN-13: 978-0766862715
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,221,207 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's not bad..., November 19, 2002

By	Wai Sing Lee "Dead men assume..." (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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? :-)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Discussion on SSL and Digital Certificates was Valuable, March 13, 2002

By	Sara Dant "krisjamsa" (Univ of Wash) - See all my reviews

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Solid Across the Board, March 13, 2002

By A Customer

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 ...