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Key Phrases: server banner, configure your firewall, open auth, Port State Service, Common Defenses Against Brute-Force Attacks, Microsoft Windows (more...)

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...Emphasis on real world examples reinforces just how serious today's threat is. -- Snax, The Shmoo Group, Maintainer of Airsnort

A virtual arms cache at your fingertips... -- Patrick Heim, Vice President Enterprise Security, McKesson Corporation

If you maintain one or more Unix or Linux machines, this book belongs on your shelf. -- Michael Reynolds, SolarisCentral

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HackNotes Linux and Unix Security Portable Reference gives you step-by-step details of intrusion tactics, tools, and actual techniques being used by hackers and criminals today to break into computer networks. This book will teach you how to protect and harden Linux and Unix hosts against the most troublesome security issues. Learn to use the latest hacking tools, including Airsnort, Dsniff, Ettercap, Ethereal, Kismet, Netcat, and Nmap. Protect the most popular network services, including FTP, SSH, Telnet, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS, R-services, NFS, SAMBA, POP, IMAP, MySQL, X, and VNC. Recognize both Backdoor and Rootkit tools and tactics used by sophisticated intruders. Defend against software vulnerabilities such as race conditions, improper input validation, and misconfigurations. Use the unique and easy-to-access Reference Center in the middle of the book to quickly locate useful commands, online security resources, and more!

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (June 26, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0072227869
ISBN-13: 978-0072227864
Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Footprinting is the process of accumulating preliminary data about a target using publicly available methods. Read the first page

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server banner, configure your firewall, open auth, traffic securely, banner information, encrypted communication between the client, using nmap, cious user, victim host, open ssh, umask value, setuid programs, buffer overflow vulnerability, same network segment, mailbox server, software vulnerabilities, privilege escalation, password hashes, whois database, portable reference, grep command, registrar records, preceding script, hacking techniques, remote shell

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Port State Service, Common Defenses Against Brute-Force Attacks, Microsoft Windows, Brute-Forcing Please, John the Ripper, Secure Sockets Layer, Nessus Attack Scripting Language, Post Office Protocol, Linux Kernel, Network News Transfer Protocol, Online Resources, Sharp Zaurus, Sun Mar, Live Exceeded, Querying Domain Registrar Records, Sun Solaris, Thu Apr, Berkeley Internet Name Domain, Domain Name System, Server Message Block, Wed Jan

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Sun Microsystems by Vault Reports on page 72
Middle East (Pt. 19) by London Stanley Gibbons Ltd in Back Matter
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Hacking Exposed 5th Edition: Network Security Secrets And Solutions by Stuart McClure in Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars Short and right to the point, July 23, 2003

By	Roy Lo (West Lafayette, IN United States) - See all my reviews

There are quite a few secucity related books out there nowdays. But most of them is just way too thick for me, to make matters worse those books are often filled with repeated or unwanted information. However, this book is different; it cuts right to the point and present me just the right amount of information that I wanted to know. At the same time, it is thin enough so I can carry it around with me.

As a unix sysadmin I think this is one of those books that should go right next to the "Unix System Administration Handbook" on bookshelfs.

This is a must have book for people who cares or want to know more about security.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent material, July 11, 2003

By	Dave Geare (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

The description of this book does not do it justice. I didnt expect much but mainly purchsed it because I liked the sound of the titles of its special chapters in Wireless hacking, NASL programming (for Nessus), and hacking with the Zaurus PDA.

At first glance, I wasnt sure how much material was presented. But after reading the first page or two, I realized the the purpose of the book, which is to give to-the-point information on topics such as enumeration, footprinting, remote hacking, privilege escalation, host hardening, etc. I have compared it to the other security books I already own, and this book seems to contain much more information in only about 200 pages! Since I am a sysadmin and have to travel a lot, I carry this book around with me in my laptop bag. I have only owned it for 2 days and have looked it up for reference material a bunch of times already. Good stuff. I highly recommend it, and watch out for the clever hacking techniques and goodies presented in the remote hacking chapter.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well done, October 15, 2003

By	Daniel Rice (London) - See all my reviews

Got this book after I read a recent review. I found this book to contain some pretty cool attack & penetration techniques. Chapters like the one on NASL and the Zaurus PDA hacking are a nice addition.

Since this is a hacking book, I disagree with the one review on here that complained about it not being complete. As far as the a&p techniques go, this book packs in more info than most 400+ hacking books I own. Saves a lot of desk real estate and also time. I really dont want to read 5 pages telling me what a portscan is, just tell me how to do it. I prefer it over the Hacking Exposed Linux book when I need quick and precise answers. This book helps me with just this. Right to the point, and some very cool techniques!

5 thumbs up.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Unix/Linux security books I own
I own a lot of security books and I try to keep up with what his happening. After reading a few reviews I had been wanting to buy this book until I attended a conference where the... Read more

Published on January 15, 2004 by Eric Rowland

3.0 out of 5 stars Too short, too many ommisions
While I understand the publisher's goal is to have some shorter, more consise hacking/cracking/security books, at least this book in the series has problems fulfilling that... Read more

Published on October 14, 2003 by Sec Var

5.0 out of 5 stars useful and informative
My favourite section of the book is 'Remote Hacking'which is a good 50 pages long. What I liked about this chapter is that it shows exactly howto use security tools to break into... Read more

Published on July 29, 2003 by dmiller_personal

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