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| Book: | Network Security Assessment | |
| Subject: | Experience speaks for itself! | |
| Date: | 2004-12-17 06:04:59 | |
| From: | James Ko, CISSP | |
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Rating:
This is a great book to have for those who are security practitioners. While some may say this is very similar to those "hacking" books out on the market, I see a difference. One thing stands out is that the author provides a lot of his experience drawing from the field. He does not just talk about how to use the tools, he also goes into the reasons/depth behind why this is happening. For example, in the Windows Networking Services, I learned a lot about the Samba exploits and brute force password attacks. Another good example is the format string overflow, where the author provides a lot of pointers for further readings on the topic. Finally, the list of hacker sites listed in the Appendix comes in handy because there are tons of evil hacking tools (or treasures, depending how you look at it) out there that every security practitioners should know about to combat against these malicious hackers.
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