Top Secret Security (3rd Edition) (3rd Edition)

Author: Animus
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is highly targeted in its content and is an invaluable resource in the field of network security. It is suitable for computer security developers and managers, as well as system administrators for reference. The book comprehensively introduces network security knowledge, weaknesses of various operating systems, and related attacks and cracking tools from both offensive and defensive perspectives. It provides detailed discussions on information warfare, programming languages, scanners, sniffers, password cracking programs, trojan horses, platform security, remote attacks, deception, and firewall technology, covering both offense and defense. In the later part of the book, it integrates various knowledge related to ensuring security and proposes information retrieval methods in the age of information explosion, security policies for different situations, and the creation of secure architectures. It also discusses security-related issues in the development of security application software.