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by Chris McNab (Author)
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There are hundreds--if not thousands--of techniques used to compromise both Windows and Unix-based systems. Malicious code and new exploit scripts are released on a daily basis, and each evolution becomes more and more sophisticated. Keeping up with the myriad of systems used by hackers in the wild is a formidable task, and scrambling to patch each potential vulnerability or address each new attack one-by-one is a bit like emptying the Atlantic with paper cup.

If you're a network administrator, the pressure is on you to defend your systems from attack. But short of devoting your life to becoming a security expert, what can you do to ensure the safety of your mission critical systems? Where do you start?

Using the steps laid out by professional security analysts and consultants to identify and assess risks, "Network Security Assessment" offers an efficient testing model that an administrator can adopt, refine, and reuse to create proactive defensive strategies to protect their systems from the threats that are out there, as well as those still being developed.

This thorough and insightful guide covers offensive technologies by grouping and analyzing them at a higher level--from both an offensive and defensive standpoint--helping administrators design and deploy networks that are immune to offensive exploits, tools, and scripts. Network administrators who need to develop and implement a security assessment program will find everything they're looking for--a proven, expert-tested methodology on which to base their own comprehensive program--in this time-saving new book.



About the Author

Dr. Chris McNab (United Kingdom) is the author of "Endurance Techniques (SAS Training Manual)"; "Elite Forces Survival Guides"; "How to Pass the SAS Selection Course"; "Martial Arts for Special Forces"; and "Urban Survival".

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3.0 out of 5 stars nice book but unix based, Jul 7 2004
By Mr. Paul Keely "paulkeely" (wicklow, ireland) - See all my reviews
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the book is good, but its almost totally unix based, I downloaded the tools and they all require unix systems
we just use Microsoft, and 99% of our clients use MS only
Really should be called unix security hacks
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4.0 out of 5 stars Covers tools and techniques, Jul 2 2004
"Network Security Assessment" is a fun little book that covers vanilla network security assessment approach from planning to scanning to exploitation (but for whatever reason no reporting and remediation in the end). I liked that the author outlined the methodology first before diving into techniques. Such methodology presents (as it is common in the security arena) a double-edged sword, since it is used by security consultants as well as amateur blackhats.

The book is mostly fun to read (especially when the author is picking on the CIA in his remote information gathering activities). Sometimes though it boils down to listings of known vulnerabilities, some dated, going back to the times of RedHat 5.x and public exploit references. The coverage is pretty comprehensive, includes UNIX and Windows platforms and applications as well as VPN (but not network devices and wireless). I also liked his description of information gathering activities. The book covers most of the commonly used tools such as "nmap" (covering some of the relatively lesser known details of this scanner) as well as touches upon some of the less common such as "scanrand"). Every chapter ends with a brief summary of possible countermeasures to the activities in the chapter.

The book is definitely recommended to people new to the whole security assessment area. I suspect that those involved in the field will pick up some new things as well. For example, I liked that the author emphasizes various brute-forcing tools that can be as handy as the actual exploits when attacking a networked service. Also, I learned a new approach for picking up an internal IP address from behind the NAT by watching for certain ICMP packets.

Anton Chuvakin, Ph.D., GCIA, GCIH is a Senior Security Analyst with a major security information management company. He is the author of the book "Security Warrior" (O'Reilly, 2004) and a contributor to "Know Your Enemy II' (AWL, 2004). His areas of infosec expertise include intrusion detection, UNIX security, forensics, honeypots, etc. In his spare time, he maintains his security portal info-secure.org

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, Jul 1 2004
This is an excellent written book that I would definitely recommend to anyone interested in Network Security. The author has a very professional approach to security assessment and every chapter covers in detail ways to find out information about systems and their vulnerabilities. The final chapter walks through the process of creating a detailed report about an attack. One of the best security related books I have ever read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a worthy addition to a network security bookshelf
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I've bought a lot of network security books, as keeping up to date is important in my industry (security analyst). Read more

Published on Jun 22 2004 by Nigel Hedges

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book to assess your own network security...
Target Audience
Network administrators or security administrators who want to assess the security of their systems. Read more
Published on May 20 2004 by Thomas Duff

4.0 out of 5 stars A good companion to "Security Warrior"
"Network Security Assessment" (NSA) is the latest in a long line of vulnerability assessment / penetration testing books, stretching back to "Maximum Security"... Read more
Published on May 3 2004 by Richard Bejtlich

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive is an understatement
The author has managed to pack a serious amount of low-level technical information into this book. In the other penetration testing and hacking books I've read, I haven't yet... Read more
Published on May 2 2004 by Thomas Schneider

2.0 out of 5 stars Confessions of a former script kiddie
Two years ago Mr. McNab was a teenager running rootkits against random web servers. Now he is supposedly a professional pen tester. Read more
Published on April 25 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, comprehensive introduction and reference
This book can serve as both a great introduction and reference
to network auditing/penetration testing methodologies. Read more
Published on April 13 2004 by Kemal Akman

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Hacking Exposed
This book is a great resource for any administrator with IP networks to protect. As Wes Boudville says, it certainly is systematic with some great guidelines and useful... Read more
Published on April 9 2004 by James Drake

4.0 out of 5 stars Systematically understanding network access
A logically very systematic delineation of ways that your system could be attacked over the Internet. Read more
Published on April 3 2004 by W Boudville

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