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Book Chapters
Learn to access and share Vista network resources
June 27, 2008 12:00am PDT
To be truly useful, a home or small office network needs to be configured to allow resource sharing among users. This chapter from Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista: Your Guide to Easy and...
Provided by: Que Publishing
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Will Internet-borne threats influence the 2008 presidential race?
April 29, 2008 12:00am PDT
Political candidates are increasingly turning to the Internet to communicate their positions and gain voter support. But the same attack vectors that already pose a risk to consumers and...
Provided by: Addison-Wesley
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Master PowerShell mechanics and tackle real-world tasks
April 17, 2008 12:00am PDT
PowerShell enables you to automate and customize Windows admin tasks -- but to use it effectively, you need to understand how it works. This chapter from Windows PowerShell Unleashed takes you...
Provided by: Sams Publishing
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Try the New School approach to effective security spending
April 10, 2008 12:00am PDT
CIOs, IT managers, and security specialists all face difficult questions about security spending. This sample chapter from The New School of Information Security examines justifications for...
Provided by: Addison-Wesley
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Secure your video conferencing system
October 24, 2007 12:00am PDT
To be effective, a video deployment requires multiple layers of security to protect against internal and external threats. However, some layers of the security infrastructure can interfere with...
Provided by: Cisco Press
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Use network sniffers to defend your network against intrusion
October 11, 2007 12:00am PDT
Even properly secured and hardened systems that have been tested for security vulnerabilities will eventually come under attack or experience other security issues. Fortunately, tools are...
Provided by: Prentice Hall PTR
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Maintain the integrity and confidentiality of your data with these encryption tools
October 11, 2007 12:00am PDT
The days of totally private networks are long gone. Today, there is no way to avoid sending your business data outside of your network. Nor would you want to; sharing information with business...
Provided by: Prentice Hall PTR
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Secure your wireless LAN with these tools and techniques
October 11, 2007 12:00am PDT
When you deploy a wireless LAN, your new security perimeter becomes literally the air around you. Security threats go up considerably, wireless attackers or eavesdroppers can come from any...
Provided by: Prentice Hall PTR
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Investigate attacks against your network with these open-source forensic tools
October 11, 2007 12:00am PDT
Even if you do everything right to secure your network, including implement security measures properly and maintain them vigilantly, no network is 100% secure. So, what do you do if, in spite of...
Provided by: Prentice Hall PTR
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Detect and defend against network attacks with fwsnort
October 4, 2007 12:00am PDT
System administrators need to stay ahead of new security vulnerabilities that leave their networks exposed every day. A firewall and an intrusion detection systems (IDS) are two important weapons...
Provided by: No Starch Press
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Defend your PC against spyware, adware, and Trojan horses
September 27, 2007 12:00am PDT
Examine three distinct kinds of security risks (spyware, adware, and Trojan horses) in this chapter download from The Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security. Study the definition of each of...
Provided by: Addison Wesley Professional
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Improve your network defenses: Identify and classify security threats with these best practices and methodologies
September 19, 2007 12:00am PDT
Having the tools and mechanisms to identify and classify threats and anomalies in your network is crucial to effective network defense. In this chapter download from End-to-End Network Security:...
Provided by: Cisco Press
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Master the building blocks of a Cisco NAS Appliance design
August 23, 2007 12:00am PDT
One of the keys to success when designing a security solution is to first understand all the pieces with which you work. Study the building blocks available with the Cisco NAS Appliance solution...
Provided by: Cisco Press
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Secure CS-MARS
August 8, 2007 12:00am PDT
Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (CS-MARS) is a powerful tool that can dramatically increase your knowledge of activity on your network. But as a topology-aware SIM...
Provided by: Cisco Press
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Secure your network for free with Snort
August 8, 2007 12:00am PDT
In this chapter download from How to Cheat at Configuring Open Source Security Tools, gain a practical understanding of the open-source IDS known as Snort and how it can help you with your network...
Provided by: Syngress
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Enhance Wireshark with these coding and leveraging tools
August 3, 2007 12:00am PDT
In this chapter download from Writing Security Tools and Exploits, learn how to enhance and tweak Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal), focusing on the leveraging and coding tools used to...
Provided by: Syngress
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Use visualization software to analyze your network traffic and identify security vulnerabilities
July 26, 2007 12:00am PDT
Security Data Visualization creates graphical windows into the world of computer security data, revealing fascinating and useful insights into networking, cryptography, and file structures. In...
Provided by: No Starch Press
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Secure your e-mail with OpenPGP
July 26, 2007 12:00am PDT
Governments, major manufacturers, and medical facilities around the world trust their secure communications to PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). While PGP works impressively when all is in order, it...
Provided by: No Starch Press
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Test your software security with these powerful fuzzing frameworks
July 19, 2007 12:00am PDT
The concept of fuzzing to test software security has been around for almost twenty years but only recently captured widespread attention. In 2006, a plague of vulnerabilities affected popular...
Provided by: Addison Wesley Professional
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Create more secure software: Apply static analysis to your code review process
July 19, 2007 12:00am PDT
Network security, judicious administration, and wise use are all important, but ultimately, software security cannot be left to the system administrator or the end user. It is the responsibility...
Provided by: Addison Wesley Professional
