Product Description

"Guides the reader through a practical real-world approach to help understand specific risks and then determine the appropriate mitigating controls." --Jake Kouns, CISSP, CISM, CISA, President, Open Security Foundation; Project Leader, Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

"Totally exceeded what I was expecting from the well-known Hacking Exposed series. This new version clearly highlights how to secure, hack, and improve Linux security....I strongly recommend this book to all who believe in REAL security where your assets are properly protected." --Clement Dupuis, CD, President and Maintainer of the CCCure Portals

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #299497 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-01
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 614 pages

From the Back Cover

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

About 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.

Customer Reviews

worst hacking exposed book I've ever read
This has the wrong title I think, its basically what to do to prevent getting hacked, what configuration settings to apply and a lot of niche stuff you wouldn't really see much in the wild unless you have a spectrum analyser and you are going after a big corporate with very local access i.e.tempest issues. Hardly anything on tools as you get in normal hacking exposed books, very poor especially with the quality of the authors who have contributed, alot of old stuff i.e. telnet, finger, rhosts et al are still being used and these should be referenced as they are still stalwarts for getting access to a network, I think this book is coming from the wrong angle totally from every other one in the series I have read. There are a few new bits in there i.e. a little bit on web apps but these are generally glossed over. I am pleased I pre-ordered in feb and got this book for £15 but I'm not sure its worth that, alot of better books out there.

Disappointed from a hackers point of view - happy from a sys admins point of view.
Should not be a Hacking Exposed book.

I would recommend the following book instead to anyone looking to learn how to hack a Linux system: Hacking Exposed Linux, 2nd Edition: Linux Security Secrets and Solutions (Hacking Exposed)

If you are a sys admin looking to secure a Linux system then this is certainly a book that deserves a slot on your bookshelf as it contains cutting edge information on how to keep a Linux system secure (as you would expect from ISECOM) and it will be extremely useful to you in this respect, but buy the earlier version if you are looking to learn how to hack Linux, as you will not learn any hacking methods from this book whatsoever. To be fair, the back cover does say you will learn about securing Linux and makes no mention of covering hacking topics.

My gripe is that it should not be sold under the Hacking Exposed brand name.