Hacker Attack Revealed

Author: John Chirillo
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book is written by security expert and hacker John Chirillo based on his current security defense experience and past attack experiences during his hacker career. It is highly practical, providing a detailed introduction to security vulnerabilities in various current operating systems, as well as security issues faced by network devices such as firewalls, proxies, gateways, and routers. The book thoroughly explains the origins of various vulnerabilities, viruses, and worms, describes in detail the specific processes by which hackers exploit these vulnerabilities and weaknesses to launch attacks, and provides corresponding preventive measures. The content is comprehensive and well-explained, making it a complete reference manual for customizing a set of security tools in UNIX, Windows, and Linux.