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Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security (With CD-ROM)
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Author: Donald L. Pipkin
List Price: $44.99
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ISBN: 0130464163
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (26 August, 2002)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 534,263
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Valuable for anyone needing to know about info security
It is ironic that the advent of the computer promised to dramatically reduce paper usage; today's 1,000-page-plus computer-security tomes have probably single-handedly deforested whole regions of the earth. A happy exception to this trend of titanic texts is Halting the Hacker. Which is relatively concise yet highly informative. It provides a good overview of core information security issues and concepts. It takes a big-picture approach to information systems security, not bogging down the reader in arcane minutiae. Halting the Hacker delves into more intricate details and includes a CD-ROM with many security tools. Overall, it is valuable for anyone needing to know about information systems security without sacrificing a forest in the process.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Second Edition is First Rate!
This new expanded edition of Halting the Hacker came out in 2002 and is nearly double the size of the original edition. It takes the insight of how hackers attack systems from Pipkin's first edition and delves into the details of how to protect your Unix and Linux systems. Real-life stories about hackers and companies who were hacked are sprinkled throughout the book making it an easy read for anyone, not just techies. The tools discussed (and which come with it on the included CD-ROM) makes it a valuable resource for everyone who deals with Unix/Linux systems. Highly recommended!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Good Starting Overview
This isn't a heavily technical book. Unlike many of the other security books I've reviewed, this isn't full of tcpdump traces and the like. It is, however, a really excellent overview of security that can introduce a system administrator or a general manager to the subject.There are actually a very few pages that deal with things like disabling unused services, but that's just 14 pages from a 337 page work, and those are really more illustrative than specific. Instead, this covers the who, the how and the why of hackers, the legal climate, and includes examples of actual incidents. Perhaps a good indication of the target audience is the Glossary, which includes definitions for "back door", "client/server", "Kerberos", "newsgroup" and "Trojan horse". If you are looking for programmer level information, this isn't what you want. On the other hand, this is much more technical and focused than something you might read in Newsweek or your Sunday newspaper. Recommended for business owners and managers who need to understand computer security even though others may actually implement it, or as a base introduction for technical people with no previous exposure.
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