Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing)
Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing) by Aviel D. Rubin, Steven M. Bellovin and William R. Cheswick
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 464
- ISBN:
- 020163466X
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- Addison Wesley
- Publication Date:
- Feb. 24, 2003
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 9790
Essential information for anyone wanting to protect Internet-connected computers from unauthorised access. Includes:
- thorough discussion of security-related aspects of TCP/IP;
- step-by-step plans for setting up firewalls;
- hacking and monitoring tools the authors have built to rigorously test and maintain firewalls;
- pointers to public domain security tools on the net;
- first-hand step-by-step accounts of battles with the "Berferd" hackers; and
- practical discussions of the legal aspects of security.
--Jake Bond