Hacking Exposed Linux: Linux Security Secrets and Solutions [NOOK Book]

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Overview

The Latest Linux Security Solutions

This authoritative guide will help you secure your Linux network--whether you use Linux as a desktop OS, for Internet services, for telecommunications, or for wireless services. Completely rewritten the ISECOM way, Hacking Exposed Linux, Third Edition provides the most up-to-date coverage available from a large team of topic-focused experts. The book is based on the latest ISECOM security research and shows you, in full detail, how to lock out intruders  and defend your Linux systems against catastrophic ...

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Overview

The Latest Linux Security Solutions

This authoritative guide will help you secure your Linux network--whether you use Linux as a desktop OS, for Internet services, for telecommunications, or for wireless services. Completely rewritten the ISECOM way, Hacking Exposed Linux, Third Edition provides the most up-to-date coverage available from a large team of topic-focused experts. The book is based on the latest ISECOM security research and shows you, in full detail, how to lock out intruders  and defend your Linux systems against catastrophic attacks.

  • Secure Linux by using attacks and countermeasures from the latest OSSTMM research
  • Follow attack techniques of PSTN, ISDN, and PSDN over Linux
  • Harden VoIP, Bluetooth, RF, RFID, and IR devices on Linux
  • Block Linux signal jamming, cloning, and eavesdropping attacks
  • Apply Trusted Computing and cryptography tools for your best defense
  • Fix vulnerabilities in DNS, SMTP, and Web 2.0 services
  • Prevent SPAM, Trojan, phishing, DoS, and DDoS exploits
  • Find and repair errors in C code with static analysis and Hoare Logic

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780071596428
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.
  • Publication date: 7/15/2008
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition number: 3
  • Sales rank: 791,015
  • Series: Hacking Exposed
  • File size: 5 MB

Meet the Author

ISECOM (Institute for Security and Open Methodologies) is an open, nonprofit security research organization established in January 2001 with the mission to make sense of security. The research project team involved in the making of this book is also involved in other ISECOM projects such as the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual, Hacker Highschool, and the professional security certifications and trainings: OPST, OPSA, OPSE, and OWSE.

Table of Contents

Pt. I Security and Controls

1 Applying Security 3

2 Applying Interactive Controls 13

3 Applying Process Controls 27

Pt. II Hacking the System

4 Local Access Control 41

5 Data Networks Security 87

6 Unconventional Data Attack Vectors 123

7 Voice over IP 179

8 Wireless Networks 215

9 Input/Output devices 281

10 RFID - Radio Frequency Identification 295

11 Emanation Attacks 321

12 Trusted Computing 331

Pt. III Hacking the Users

13 Web Application Hacking 365

14 Mail Services 429

15 Name Services 469

Pt. IV Care and Maintenance

16 Reliability: Static Analysis of C Code 495

17 Security Tweaks in the Linux Kernel 523

Appendixes

A Management and Maintenance 531

B Linux Forensics and Data Recovery 553

C BSD 569

Index 591

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