- Paperback: 608 pages
- Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (1 April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0072127732
- ISBN-13: 978-0072127737
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.8 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 761,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Linux, like every other networkable OS, is vulnerable to a variety of local and remote attacks. Hacking Linux Exposed seeks to do two jobs: explain where the vulnerabilities lie and provide ways to minimise or eliminate the risks.
The authors' slightly breathless hands-on approach--coupled with the wealth of relevant technical detail--produces an unusually pacey read. Much of the spiciness comes from the emphasis on exploiting Linux's weaknesses. This is helped with lots of case studies of successful intrusions. You won't be in any doubt that you should be taking security seriously.
Much of the advice is common sense: use secure passwords, shadow password files, turn off unwanted services, set up an efficient firewall, apply security patches and so on. But the devil is in the detail. Successfully hardening a Linux system is non-trivial (as with other OS's). It's also an ongoing process. What really sets Hacking Linux Exposed apart is the way it walks you through each vulnerability and then explains the technical aspects of implementing a defense against it--converting to shadow password files, setting up IPChains, automating log file checking, testing your own security and more are all detailed.
Linux sysadmins will love this book. However, any Linux user with the confidence to edit a configuration file and a copy of Hacking Linux Exposed to hand can also have the hardest machine on the block. --Steve Patient
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I read security books as reference materials, and this book is an awesome reference. Although the authors' primary focus is Linux, many of the terms, techniques, tools and discussions apply across all aspects of information security.(Security Bookshelf)
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
From A to Z, this book covers Linux security. It goes into more depth than any security book I've read (and that's about twenty at last count) including the biggies like Hacking Exposed itself. The authors really took the time to research the latest-greatest tools and attacks. They included a lot of the old standards, but mostly in passing, focusing on things that are still problems, not things that are old news like so many books. No Sendmail 8.8 exploits here, and good riddance.
I'd highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to see what a hacker actually does, down to the keystrokes themselves. Most importantly, you get clear easy steps to fix the problems. When there are multiple tools that you could use, they cover them in enough depth to let you know which is best for you and your skill level.
If you want to keep others off of your machine, this is the book to buy.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just got second edition, can't put it down. Huge number of changes, all of them good. More backdoors, more network hacks, more sample code, more depth. Didn't think the first one could get better, I was very wrong.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This is the book I always wanted when I would search the Internet for ways to learn how people get into computer systems and protect them. I have "Hacking Exposed" and with the migration from Windows 95 some time ago, I got this! I now enjoy using it as a very good reference and a kind of tool box. If your into Linux, you'll need this!
The price tag is good too!
Steven Simpson
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