Syngress Releases "Ethereal Packet Sniffing"

Syngress Publishing Announces the Release of "Ethereal Packet Sniffing"

The only book available that covers the open source security tool Ethereal

Contact: Amy Pedersen
781-681-5151 x12
amy@syngress.com

Rockland, MA - Syngress Publishing, Inc., today announced the publication
of "Ethereal Packet Sniffing," a book written by Angela D. Orebaugh and
Gilbert Ramirez of the Ethereal development team. The book is the first to
cover the popular "packet sniffer" security tool that has become very
popular with network administrators.

Ethereal is used by network professionals around the world for
troubleshooting, analysis, and software and protocol development. It runs
on all popular computing platforms, including Unix, Linux, and Windows.

Gilbert Ramirez, Ethereal developer and co-author, said "'Ethereal Packet
Sniffing' fills a need which has existed for the five years of Ethereal's
existence: a complete guide to Ethereal and the tools that come with it.
It's great for users who have never used a packet sniffer before, yet also
provides advanced, detailed information for experienced users. Even though
I'm a long-time developer on Ethereal, 'Ethereal Packet Sniffing' taught
me things about Ethereal that I wasn't aware of."

Chapter topics include: Introducing Network Analysis, Introducing
Ethereal: Network Protocol Analyzer, Getting and Installing Ethereal,
Using Ethereal, Filters, Other Programs Packaged with Ethereal,
Integrating Ethereal with Other Sniffers, Real World Packet Captures,
Developing Ethereal

BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 1-932266-82-8
PRICE: $49.95 U.S.
PAGE COUNT: 608 PP

About the Authors
Angela Orebaugh (CISSP, GCIA, GCFW, GCIH, GSEC, CCNA) has worked in
information technology for 10 years. She is currently an Associate at Booz
Allen Hamilton in the Washington, DC metro area. Her focus is on perimeter
defense, secure architecture design, vulnerability assessments,
penetration testing, and intrusion detection. Angela is an expert in many
commercial and Open Source intrusion detection and analysis tools
including Ethereal, Snort, Nessus, and Nmap. She is a graduate of James
Madison University with a masters in computer science, and she is
currently pursuing her PhD with a concentration in information security at
George Mason University. Her GCFW practical received honors recognition
and was used as a case study in the book "Network Perimeter Security: The
Definitive Guide to Firewalls, VPNs, Routers, and Network Intrusion
Detection" by Stephen Northcutt (ISBN: 0735712328). Angela is a
researcher, writer, and speaker for SANS Institute, where she has helped
to develop and revise SANS course material and also serves as the Senior
Mentor Coach for the SANS Local Mentor Program.

Gilbert Ramirez was the first contributor to Ethereal after it was
announced to the public and is known for his regular updates to the
product. He has contributed protocol dissectors as well as core logic to
Ethereal. He is a systems engineer at a large company with network-related
products, where he works on tools and software build systems. Gilbert is a
family man, a want-to-be chef, and a student of tae kwon do. His degree is
in linguistics, but his first love is programming computers, which he has
been doing since childhood.

Background Information
Syngress Publishing (www.syngress.com), headquartered in Rockland,
Massachusetts, is an independent publisher of print and electronic
reference materials for Information Technology professionals seeking skill
enhancement and career advancement. Distributed throughout Europe, Asia,
and the U.S. and Canada, Syngress titles have been translated into twenty
languages. The company's pioneering customer support program,
solutions@syngress.com, extends the value of every Syngress title with
regular information updates and customer-driven author forums. For more
information on Syngress products, contact Amy Pedersen at 781-681-5151 or
email amy@syngress.com. Syngress books are distributed in the United
States by O'Reilly & Associates.