Description: My partner told me that I was to buy no computer books until after christmas because I'd be getting some under the tree. Well, we opened presents on the 24th this year, and I've been unable to put this book down since I opened it. This book takes a very good look at all aspects of computer security from the Linux perspective. I was able to get several of the "Proactive Security" stuff from chapter 2 installed on my machine this afternoon, and was shocked to see how much my machine (we're on a cable modem) was being probed from all over. Looking at some of the traffic using the sniffers they describe, I could see some wierd stuff coming *FROM* my computer that wasn't caused by me. I haven't gotten far in the book yet, but I've pulled it off the Internet until I have a chance to read the rest and can get these hackers off my machine. I've jumped up to part 3 of the book, where they have three whole chapters about what the bad guys do once they get on, and I've plugged five holes already. ..
ISBN:
0072225645
Release Date:
04 December, 2002
List Price:
$34.99
Author:
Brian Hatch, James Lee
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Last Updated:
06/26/2003
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