Nessus, Snort, & Ethereal power tools : customizing open source security applications /

Covers customizing Snort to perform intrusion detection and prevention; Nessus to analyze the network layer for vulnerabilities; and Ethereal to sniff their network for unusual traffic. This book describes the important concepts of coding and customizing tools, and provides readers with working scri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Archibald, Neil
Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), Syngress Media, Inc
Other Authors: Ramirez, Gilbert, 1972-, Rathaus, Noam
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rockland, MA : [Sebastopol, Calif.] : Syngress ; Distributed by O'Reilly Media, ©2005.
Series:Jay Beale's open source security series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Covers customizing Snort to perform intrusion detection and prevention; Nessus to analyze the network layer for vulnerabilities; and Ethereal to sniff their network for unusual traffic. This book describes the important concepts of coding and customizing tools, and provides readers with working scripts.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 445 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:1423754220
9781423754220
0080489427
9780080489421
9781597490207
1597490202