RE: Good security books

["James Patterson Wicks" <pwicks () oxygen com>]

Not sure what area of security you are looking to cover specifically,
but I enjoyed this book: 

Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, Fourth Edition
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=QC7Cg
j6B0Z&isbn=0072227427&itm=1

The countermeasures section was sparse on details, but gave you a good
starting point when trying to combat specific threats.  The other
chapters teach you how to perform the threats so that you can test your
defenses.  Here are a few of the notes on the book:
# Each part opens with a brand new case study based on real security
scenarios
# Brand new chapter covers the latest 802.11 Wireless networking
security attacks and countermeasures
# New strategies for proactively defending against dial-up, PBX,
voicemail, and VPN hacks
# Completely rewritten enumeration chapter including new SQL Server
discovery tools, Windows XP/.NET Server countermeasures, Novell
exploits, and network discovery using BGP
# New techniques for gaining unauthorized access to Windows
9x/Me/NT/2000/XP, Novell 6, UNIX, and Linux
# Up-to-date countermeasures for preventing the exploitation of proxy
and packet filtering firewall vulnerabilities
# Web hacking chapter completely revised and updated to cover the latest
platform-specific vulnerabilities from Apache to IIS, current techniques
including cross-site scripting, fuzzing, and SQL injection attacks, and
all of the latest tools from Achilles to Nikto

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk
[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of Scott
White
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 3:36 PM
To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Good security books

Group,

Any good security books fellow members have read recently and would like
to
recommend?
There is a lot more quantity than quality now a days

Thanks

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