Hacker Proof : The Ultimate Guide to Network Security (Paperback)

by Lars Klander (Author), Edward J. Renehan Jr. (Author)

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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. 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 660 pages
• Publisher: Jamsa Press; Bk&CD-Rom edition (January 2, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188413355X
• ISBN-13: 978-1884133558
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,521,058 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only the text-book technicals, March 21, 2000

By	Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

First off, this book does not teach you how to hack. It's really for sysadms and webmasters, so it focuses on how to find and patch holes in a variety of systems/protocols: TCP/IP, Netware, NT, Unix, HTTP, etc.

By now the book is quite out-dated (there's a chapter on S-HTTP!), but the information on TCP/IP, Netware, etc. is still good, and it does a decent job at explaining how to reduce your chance of getting hacked through the use of firewalls and other tools. My main gripe is that everything reads rather like taken out of some other textbooks of computer science. While the book is well organized, the writer is not very good at explaining many details, and there are quite a few glaring errors in almost every chapter.

This book is now out of print; I hope this means a new edition is imminent. I'd love to check out the new edition. For now, if you can find a copy of this book, it's probably worth giving it a quick read.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent way to hit the on ramp to internet security., November 10, 1999

By A Customer

The data presented is cleanly written, and made available to trained and untrained minds alike. The TCP/IP chapter is equal to or better than any Novel or MSCE Book on the subject. The bringing it all together overview at chapters end is great to summarize with. Try reading this book, then hit the Microsoft Web Site for the latest security bugs they admit to. You will know what they are concerned about from your study of this book. Well done Lars!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of info for the sysadm, August 15, 1999

By A Customer

I'm no newbie to hacking, but did learn some things from this nice book. The coverage is comprehensive for a book of this genre; just don't look for step-by-step cracking recipes here. It's really most useful for the system administrator who wants to start becoming conscious about network security.

This book is a little outdated by now. But if you are looking for basic information with a decent degree of details, this book may be for you. Find a copy in your local library if you can, and wait for the next edition.