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Hack I.T.: Security Through Penetration Testing
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Author: T. J. Klevinsky, Scott Laliberte, Ajay Gupta
List Price: $42.99
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ISBN: 0201719568
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co (01 February, 2002)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 92,031
Average Customer Rating: 3.95 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
Good Introductury Text
This book is a solid introduction to security information and penetration testing. It provides a reasonable overview of security terminology and issues. It provides a nice introduction to security testing and some of the tools that can be used to conduct security testing.It does not provide in-depth discussion of how the technologies presented work. It does not provide in-depth guidance for securing your systems or penetration testing. "Hack I.T." is both easy and enjoyable to read. I think this book is a good choice for a first or second book on security/hacking as an introduction. However, if you have already read "Counter Hack" or "Hacking Exposed" you won't gain much from this one.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Akil's review of "Hack I.T." - Newcomer's paradise
A Class piece of literature. Well-written, by guys who obviously have experience of both hacking, and Security Consultancy. I consumed the 500 pages over a marathon four days. It was well worth the hours I put aside for this task.The book has a nice 'human' touch, and makes the reader very aware of the expectancies of corporate clients (those that may employ 'Penetration Testers'). Many of the links to 'tools' are no longer up, but there are many alternatives (as a simple google search will reveal). And of course a CD is included with the book to get you up and running in terms of some basic tools. This book is a 'must-have' for guys (like myself) new to the Security/Penetration Testing field. Great work Klevinsky/Laliberte/Gupta. Give us more!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Hack I. T.
This book is an overall well rounded view of the methods that can be used for PEN testing. Although it does have for examples some "dated" material (backdoors, etc.), it makes up for this in shear volume, utilizing ideas from different OS's. It is also an easy read, but I was a little disappointed in some of the visuals such as Figure 1.1 (Hard for my eyes to see the Hacked sites in the Hacked site list). This is a 2002 book. Hopefully,the authors will have an updated version soon. On a side note, an associate of mine had the pleasure of meeting Simple Nomad (forwarded this book) at DEFCON, said he's a likable guy.
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