- Paperback: 592 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1 edition (July 23 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0130332739
- ISBN-13: 978-0130332738
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.8 x 4.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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- #69 in Books > Computers & Internet > Networking > Network Programming
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In defending your systems against intruders and other meddlers, a little knowledge can be used to make the bad guys--particularly the more casual among them--seek out softer targets. Counter Hack aims to provide its readers with enough knowledge to toughen their Unix and Microsoft Windows systems against attacks in general, and with specific knowledge of the more common sorts of attacks that can be carried out by relatively unskilled "script kiddies". The approach author Ed Skoudis has chosen is effective, in that his readers accumulate the knowledge they need and generally enjoy the process.
The best part of this book may be two chapters, one each for Windows and Unix, which explain the essential security terms, conventions, procedures and behaviours of each operating system. This is the sort of information that readers need--a Unix person getting into Windows administration for the first time needs an introduction to the Microsoft security scheme, and vice versa. A third chapter explains TCP/IP with focus on security. With that groundwork in place, Skoudis explains how (with emphasis on tools) attackers look for vulnerabilities in systems, gain access and maintain their access for periods of time without being discovered. You'll probably want to search online resources for more specific information--Skoudis refers to several--but this book by itself will provide you with the vocabulary and foundation knowledge you need to get the details you want. --David Wall
Topics covered: How black-hat hackers work, what tools and techniques they use, and how to assess and improve your systems' defences. The author explains how Windows, Unix, and TCP/IP can be exploited for nefarious purposes and details a modus operandi that's typical of the bad guys.
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This informal, step-by-step guide will empower every network and system administrator to defend their network assets, whether or not they have security experience. It covers both Unix and Windows platforms, presenting in-depth descriptions of the inner workings of the most destructive hacker tools, and proven, step-by-step countermeasures.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books on computer security...,
By "jaybeale" (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Counter Hack: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses (Paperback)
This has got to be one of the best books that I've read on computer security, hands down. Ed obviously put a great deal of time and creativity into designing a book that would give a system/network administrator exactly what s/he needs to do useful computer security work: a solid understanding of the fundamentals. He follows that up with excellent descriptions and tutorials on the hacking process, including tools and techniques. I loved Ed's introductory chapters, titled "Pretty Much Everything You Need to Know about {"TCP/IP","Windows NT/2000", "Unix"} to Follow the Rest of This Book, in N pages or Less." This was just an incredibly good idea. It provides a great introduction to what you need if you're new to this. It also provides great review on material that you might use every day but need to remember or understand more deeply. And, once you finish these, you're ready to learn about hacking/auditting tools and techniques. Now, Ed takes a much *better* approach than most of the other books coming out today: for every tool, technique, or topic, he works to help you understand it very deeply. For example, most books include a short description of a tool, possibly accompanied by a table listing its command-line options. Ed takes the opposite approach -- he explains the tool's use and functionality in the right amount of detail and describes how the tool works, turning you into an instant power-user for every tool you use! I knew this book got it right when I saw 17 pages on Fyodor's nmap (the premier network mapping and scanning tool) -- to truly use nmap effectively, you've got to understand what it is that you're doing. The whole book shows this strong attention to exactly the right amount of focus on each topic and it shows. This is one of the best designed well-written books on computer security that I've read in a while. If you don't buy anything else on network auditting or penetration testing, buy this book!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quite educational,
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This review is from: Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses (Paperback)
This book is required reading for at least one of my information security management courses at my college. I haven't even read half of it, but I can say, with confidence, that it's already proven more useful than anything I learned in my five years of doing university-level computer science. The only thing it does not do is teach you how to hack a computer, at least not in the sense of what being a hacker means. It would definitely help you on your way of becoming a script kiddie, though!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book, Easy to Read, Practical & Resourceful,
By Otto Yuen (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Counter Hack: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses (Paperback)
Overall, highly recommended, it's a no doubt five stars quality book. Even though I borrowed this book from library, I just place an order to purchase my own copy. Excellent reference material!This book covers two major parts: (1) All-you-need-to-know Overviews, and (2) Hacking Skills. Ed only takes about 20% of his entire book portion for giving readers the overview of all important knowledge such as Networking,Unix & Windows. For those overviews chapters, they are all well-written and extremely easy to follow even for complicated concepts. By themselves, they already worth the book value, and they're excellent for refreshing those key & important knowledge & concepts. The second part of the book mainly addresses various hacking approaches. The contents are exactly same as Ed's desktop seminar 'The Hack Counter-Hack Training Course', which is a computer-based training video on CD-ROM. However, this book provides much more details and in-depth explanation on how-things-done. Again, it's really well-written to depict the complicated hacking techniques. If you purchase the Ed's The Hack Counter-Hack Training Course, I strongly recommend you to buy this book as your reference material. They should go in pair.
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