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A new edition the most popular Hack Proofing book around! IT professionals who want to run secure networks, or build secure software, need to know about the methods of hackers. The second edition of the best seller Hack Proofing Your Network, teaches about those topics, including: The Politics, Laws of Security, Classes of Attack, Methodology, Diffing, Decrypting, Brute Force, Unexpected Input, Buffer Overrun, Sniffing, Session Hijacking, Spoofing, Server Holes, Client Holes, Trojans and Viruses, Reporting Security Problems, Choosing Secure Systems The central idea of this book is that it's better for you to find the holes in your network than it is for someone else to find them, someone that would use them against you. The complete, authoritative guide to protecting your Windows 2000 Network. Updated coverage of an international bestseller and series flagship Covers more methods of attack and hacker secrets Interest in topic continues to grow - network architects, engineers and administrators continue to scramble for security books Written by the former security manager for Sybase and an expert witness in the Kevin Mitnick trials A great addition to the bestselling "Hack Proofing ..." series Windows 2000 sales have surpassed those of Windows NT Critical topic. The security of an organization's data and communications is crucial to its survival and these topics are notoriously difficult to grasp Unrivalled web support at www.solutions@syngress.com
Foreword v 1.5 Foreword v 1.0 Chapter 1 How To Hack Introduction What We Mean by "Hack#x94; Why Hack? Knowing What To Expect in the Rest of This Book Understanding the Current Legal Climate Summary Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 2 The Laws of Security Introduction Knowing the Laws of Security Client-Side Security Doesn't Work You Cannot Securely Exchange Encryption Keys without a Shared Piece of Information Malicious Code Cannot Be 100 Percent Protected against Any Malicious Code Can Be Completely Morphed to Bypass Signature Detection Firewalls Cannot Protect You 100 Percent from Attack Social Engineering Attacking Exposed Servers Attacking the Firewall Directly Client-Side Holes Any IDS Can Be Evaded Secret Cryptographic Algorithms Are Not Secure If a Key Is Not Required, You Do Not Have Encryption-You Have Encoding Passwords Cannot Be Securely Stored on the Client Unless There Is Another Password to Protect Them In Order for a System to Begin to Be Considered Secure, It Must Undergo an Independent Security Audit Security through Obscurity Does Not Work Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 3 Classes of Attack Introduction Identifying and Understanding the Classes of Attack Denial of Service Information Leakage Regular File Access Misinformation Special File/Database Access Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Elevation of Privileges Identifying Methods of Testing for Vulnerabilities Proof of Concept Standard Research Techniques Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 4 Methodology Introduction Understanding Vulnerability Research Methodologies Source Code Research Binary Research The Importance of Source Code Reviews Searching Error-Prone Functions Reverse Engineering Techniques Disassemblers, Decompilers, and Debuggers Black Box Testing Chips Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 5 Diffing Introduction What Is Diffing? Why Diff? Looking to the Source Code Exploring Diff Tools Using File-Comparison Tools Working with Hex Editors Utilizing File System Monitoring Tools Finding Other Tools Troubleshooting Problems with Checksums and Hashes Problems with Compression and Encryption Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 6 Cryptography Introduction Understanding Cryptography Concepts History Encryption Key Types Learning about Standard Cryptographic Algorithms Understanding Symmetric Algorithms Understanding Asymmetric Algorithms Understanding Brute Force Brute Force Basics Using Brute Force to Obtain Passwords Knowing When Real Algorithms Are Being Used Improperly Bad Key Exchanges Hashing Pieces Separately Using a Short Password to Generate a Long Key Improperly Stored Private or Secret Keys Understanding Amateur Cryptography Attempts Classifying the Ciphertext Monoalphabetic Ciphers Other Ways to Hide Information Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 7 Unexpected Input Introduction Understanding Why Unexpected Data Is Dangerous Finding Situations Involving Unexpected Data Local Applications and Utilities HTTP/HTML Unexpected Data in SQL Queries Application Authentication Disguising the Obvious Using Techniques to Find and Eliminate Vulnerabilities Black-Box Testing Use the Source Untaint Data by Filtering It Escaping Characters Is Not Always Enough Perl Cold Fusion/Cold Fusion Markup Language (CFML) ASP PHP Protecting Your SQL Queries Silently Removing versus Alerting on Bad Data Invalid Input Function Token Substitution Utilizing the Available Safety Features in Your Programming Language Perl PHP ColdFusion/ColdFusion Markup Language ASP MySQL Using Tools to Handle Unexpected Data Web Sleuth CGIAudit RATS Flawfinder Retina Hailstorm Pudding Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 8 Buffer Overflow Introduction Understanding the Stack The Stack Dump Oddities and the Stack Understanding the Stack Frame Introduction to the Stack Frame Passing Arguments to a Function: A Sample Program Stack Frames and Calling Syntaxes Learning about Buffer Overflows A Simple Uncontrolled Overflow: A Sample Program Creating Your First Overflow Creating a Program with an Exploitable Overflow Performing the Exploit Learning Advanced Overflow Techniques Stack Based Function Pointer Overwrite Heap Overflows Advanced Payload Design Using What You Already Have Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 9 Format Strings Introduction Understanding Format String Vulnerabilities Why and Where Do Format String Vulnerabilities Exist? How Can They Be Fixed? How Format String Vulnerabilities Are Exploited How Format String Exploits Work What to Overwrite Examining a Vulnerable Program Testing with a Random Format String Writing a Format String Exploit Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 10 Sniffing Introduction What Is Sniffing? How Does It Work? What to Sniff? Obtaining Authentication Information Capturing Other Network Traffic Popular Sniffing Software Ethereal <b
David R. Mirza Ahmad [and others] ; Ryan Russell, technical editor.
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