Hacking exposed

CD-ROM contains key security tools ready to install on your computer, links to the security tools covered in the book, and a password database.

Harden your computers and networks against compromise by digital marauders today with this fully revised, essential volume. Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets ; Solutions, Third Edition shows you how hackers view internetworking technologies, the techniques they use to exploit network security holes, and what you can do to recognize oncoming attacks. Renowned security experts Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, and George Kurtz provide detailed examples of the latest devious break-ins and destructive attacks and show you, step-by-step, how to protect your systems. You'll get brand-new coverage of technologies like 802.11 Wireless Networking expanded coverage of Denial of Service, VPN, dial-up, and remote access hacks, and all-new security information on Windows XP, Windows.NET Server (code named Whistler), and IIS 5.

New and Updated Material:

• The latest 802.11 Wireless networking security attacks and countermeasures
• Fully up-to-date information on the latest Windows, UNIX, Linux, and NetWare hacks and countermeasures in the tried-and-true Hacking Exposed format
• New techniques used by today's hacker to pinpoint potential targets—ping sweep tools, TCP/UDP scans, traceroutes, whois queries, and zone transfer downloads
• Significantly revised chapters on analog dial-up and Web attacks
• Brand-new coverage of Windows XP, Windows.NET Sever (code named Whistler), and IIS 5 vulnerabilities like Code Red
• New UNIX material including the latest Format String vulnerabilities
• The latest remote control vulnerabilities in VNC and Terminal Server
• New strategies for preventing untrusted access to SNMP, Active Directory, and NetBIOS/SMB services using IPSec filters, firewalls, and TCP/IP Security
• The most recent techniques for securing and managing Microsoft SQL Server and Internet Clients in networked environments

Table of Contents

Casing the Establishment

Footprinting

Scanning

Enumeration

System Hacking

Hacking Windows 95/98, ME & Windows XP

Hacking Windows NT

Hacking Windows 2000/Windows XP Server

Novell NetWare Hacking

Hacking Unix/Linux

Network Hacking

Dial-up, PBX, Voicemail, and VPN Hacking

Network Devices

Firewalls

Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks

Software Hacking

Remote Control Insecurities

Advanced Techniques

Web Hacking

Hacking the Internet User

Appendixes