Synopses & Reviews
Network Security is a comprehensive resource written for anyone who plans or implements network security measures, including managers and practitioners. It offers a valuable dual perspective on security: how your network looks to hackers who want to get inside, and how you need to approach it on the inside to keep them at bay.
You get all the hands-on technical advice you need to succeed, but also higher-level administrative guidance for developing an effective security policy. There may be no such thing as absolute security, but, as the author clearly demonstrates, there is a huge difference between the protection offered by routine reliance on third-party products and what you can achieve by actively making informed decisions. You’ll learn to do just that with this book’s assessments of the risks, rewards, and trade-offs related implementing security measures.
+ Helps you see through a hacker's eyes so you can make your network more secure.
+ Provides technical advice that can be applied in any environment, on any platform, including help with intrusion detection systems, firewalls, encryption, anti-virus software, and digital certificates.
+ Emphasizes a wide range of administrative considerations, including security policies, user management, and control of services and devices.
+ Covers techniques for enhancing the physical security of your systems and network.
+ Explains how hackers use information-gathering to find and exploit security flaws.
+ Examines the most effective ways to prevent hackers from gaining root access to a server.
+ Addresses Denial of Service attacks, "malware," and spoofing.
+ Includes appendices covering the TCP/IP protocol stack, well-known ports, and reliable sources for security warnings and updates.
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Filling the need for a single source that introduces all the important network security areas from a practical perspective, this volume covers technical issues, such as defenses against software attacks by system crackers, as well as administrative topics, such as formulating a security policy. The bestselling author's writing style is highly accessible and takes a vendor-neutral approach.
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Fills the need for a single source that introduces all of the important network security areas.
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ervers since the mid-1980s, when she first operated an Internet-connected AT&T 3B2. Dr. Harrington is a full-time faculty member and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at Marist College, where she teachers Internet security, object-oriented programming in Java and C++, database management, data communications, and computer architecture.
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++, database management, data communications, and computer architecture.
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College, where she teachers Internet security, object-oriented programming in Java and C++, database management, data communications, and computer architecture.
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This book covers the necessary conceptual background to help both the administrator and practioner to make informed choices about the best security solution for their environments. Coverage includes technical issues such as defenses against software attacks by system crackers as well as administrative topics such as formulating a security policy. Discussion of security topics takes a vendor-neutral approach. Each chapter includes a hands-on element to help readers understand key issues related implementing security measures.
About the Author
Jan L. Harrington, the author of 30 books, including
SQL, Clearly Explained (Academic Press), has been writing about databases since 1984. She is a professor and chair of the department of computer science and information systems at Marist College, where she teaches database design and management, object-oriented programming, data communications, and computer architecture.
Professor and Department Chair, Computer Science, Marist College, Hyde Park, New York, U.S.A.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: In the Beginning
Chapter 2: Basic Security Architecture
Chapter 3: Physical Security
Chapter 4: Information Gathering
Chapter 5: Gaining and Keeping Root Access
Chapter 6: Spoofing
Chapter 7: Denial of Service Attacks
Chapter 8: Malware
Chapter 9: User and Password Security
Chapter 10: Remote Access
Chapter 11: Wireless Security
Chapter 12: Encryption
Appendix A: The TCP/IP Protocol Stack
Appendix B: TCP and UDP Ports
Appendix C: Security Update Sites
Glossary
Index