Product Description

Here is the first book to focus solely on Cisco network hacking, security auditing, and defense issues. Using the proven Hacking Exposed methodology, this book shows you how to locate and patch system vulnerabilities by looking at your Cisco network through the eyes of a hacker. The book covers device-specific and network-centered attacks and defenses and offers real-world case studies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #95151 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

From the Back Cover

Implement bulletproof Cisco security the battle-tested Hacking Exposed way

Defend against the sneakiest attacks by looking at your Cisco network and devices through the eyes of the intruder. Hacking Exposed Cisco Networks shows you, step-by-step, how hackers target exposed systems, gain access, and pilfer compromised networks. All device-specific and network-centered security issues are covered alongside real-world examples, in-depth case studies, and detailed countermeasures. It’s all here--from switch, router, firewall, wireless, and VPN vulnerabilities to Layer 2 man-in-the-middle, VLAN jumping, BGP, DoS, and DDoS attacks. You’ll prevent tomorrow’s catastrophe by learning how new flaws in Cisco-centered networks are discovered and abused by cyber-criminals. Plus, you’ll get undocumented Cisco commands, security evaluation templates, and vital security tools from hackingexposedcisco.com.

• Use the tried-and-true Hacking Exposed methodology to find, exploit, and plug security holes in Cisco devices and networks
• Locate vulnerable Cisco networks using Google and BGP queries, wardialing, fuzzing, host fingerprinting, and portscanning
• Abuse Cisco failover protocols, punch holes in firewalls, and break into VPN tunnels
• Use blackbox testing to uncover data input validation errors, hidden backdoors, HTTP, and SNMP vulnerabilities
• Gain network access using password and SNMP community guessing, Telnet session hijacking, and searching for open TFTP servers
• Find out how IOS exploits are written and if a Cisco router can be used as an attack platform
• Block determined DoS and DDoS attacks using Cisco proprietary safeguards, CAR, and NBAR
• Prevent secret keys cracking, sneaky data link attacks, routing protocol exploits, and malicious physical access

About the Author
Dr. Andrew A. Vladimirov, CCNP, CCDP, CISSP, CWNA, CompTIA Linux+ (Bristol, UK) is a researcher with a wide area of expertise ranging from applied cryptography and network security to bioinformatics and neuroscience.

Konstanstin V. Gavrilenko (Bristol, UK) has over 12 years experience in IT and security.

Andrei A. Mikhailovsky (Bristol, UK) has expertise that includes user authentication mechanisms, database and directory services, wireless networking security and systems integration.

Customer Reviews

An excellent book.
This book well deserves a place in the Hacking Exposed series of books.

It covers every angle you can think of to attack a network infrastructure and them some that you would never have thought of - it even includes some undocumented IOS commands.

You will need at least a basic understanding of networks and network protocols to completely understand all the content but this is not a fault of the book, as it is not designed to teach network admin skills.

It is an absolute must for any professional pen tester or hacking 'enthusiast' as this is an area that is not well known within the security community in general.

One of the best books I have read in a long time.