Security Power Tools--New from O'Reilly Media

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Security Power Tools--New from O'Reilly Media
In-depth Resource For all Levels of Security Researchers

Sebastopol, CA--What if you could sit down with some of the most talented
security engineers in the world and ask any network security question you
wanted? A new book from O'Reilly Media, "Security Power Tools" ($59.99),
lets you do exactly that. In it, members of the Juniper Networks' Security
Engineering team along with a few guest experts reveal how to use, tweak,
and push the most popular network security applications, utilities, and
tools available using Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix platforms.

Their effort culminates as twenty-three cross-referenced chapters that
cover the best security tools on the planet for both black hat techniques
and white hat defense tactics. "Security Power Tools" is packed with their
tips, tricks, and general how-to advice about an assortment of freeware
and commercial tools, ranging from intermediate level command-line
operations to advanced programming of self-hiding exploits. 

While many tech books are authored by groups of programmers and engineers,
few are ever completed by an entire department. Avishai Avivi, Manager of
Juniper Network Security Engineering team, and overseer of the book
writing process writes, "When we were approached to write this book, I had
some mixed feelings about the effort and time it would take...My group's
knowledge of these tools comes through years of working and applying
them."

The book also contains three chapters written by two security experts
outside of the Juniper Networks Security Engineering team: Philippe
Biondi, who is well known for his work on exploits, and a fascinating
introductory chapter on Ethics and the Law, written by Stanford
University's Jennifer Statis Grannick.

The book is divided into six main technical sections:

- Reconnaissance--including tools for network scanning such as nmap,
vulnerability scanning tools for Windows and Linux, LAN reconnaissance,
tools to help with wireless reconnaissance, and custom packet generation.

- Penetration--such as the Metasploit framework for automated penetration
of remote computers, tools to find wireless networks, exploitation
framework applications, and tricks and tools to manipulate shellcodes.

- Control--includes the configuration of several tools for use as
backdoors, and a review of known rootkits.

- Defense--includes host-based firewalls, host hardening for Windows and
Linux networks, communication security with SSH, email security and
anti-malware, and device security testing.

- Monitoring--such as tools to capture and analyze packets, network
monitoring with Honeyd and snort, and host monitoring of production
servers for file changes.

- Discovery--includes The Forensic Toolkit, SysInternals, and other
popular forensic tools.

"Jump in and out and then try something new--play with it on your laptop,
then try another tool," encourage the writers. "We think this is the best
way to not only use the book but to adapt it to your expertise, instead of
the other way around."

About the Authors
Nicolas Beauchesne, Bryan Burns, Chris Iezzoni, Paul Guersch, Dave
Killion, Michael Lynn, Steve Manzuik, Eric Markham, Eric Moret, and Julien
Sobrier are all part of Juniper's Security Engineering Team led by Avishai
Avivi, Senior Manager, Security Engineering, who wrote the forward to the
book. Philippe Biodi is a research engineer at EADS Innovation Works and
the creator of many security tools and programs, such as Scapy and
Shell-Forge.  Jennifer Stisa Granick has been the Executive Director of
the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, where she
taught Cyberlaw, and recently became the Civil Liberties Director with the
Electronic Frontier Foundation.

For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bio, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009632/

Security Power Tools
Nicolas Beauchesne, Philippe Biondi, Bryan Burns, Chris Iezzoni, Jennifer
Statis Grannick, Paul Guersch, Dave Killion, Michael Lynn, Steve Manzuik,
Eric Markham, Eric Moret, and Julien Sobrier 
ISBN: 0-596-00963-1, $59.99 US
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