Syngress Updates "Snort 2.1 Intrusion Detection"

Syngress Publishing Announces Second Edition of Snort Bestseller

"Snort 2.1 Intrusion Detection, Second Edition" Now Available from
Booksellers

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

Rockland, MA--June 3, 2004--Syngress Publishing, Inc., today announced
the publication of "Snort 2.1 Intrusion Detection, Second Edition" (ISBN:
1-931836-04-3), the expanded and updated version of its 2003 international
bestseller.

Called "the leader in the Snort IDS book arms race" by Richard Bejtlich,
a top Amazon reviewer, this brand-new edition of the best-selling Snort
book covers all the latest features of a major upgrade to the product and
includes a bonus CD-ROM including Snort 2.1 and other utilities.

Stephen Northcutt, Director of Training and Certification, The SANS
Institute, said "The authors of 'Snort 2.1 Intrusion Detection, Second
Edition' have produced a book with a simple focus: to teach readers how
to use Snort. From the basics of getting started to advanced rule
configuration, they cover all aspects of using Snort, including basic
installation, preprocessor configuration, and optimization of a Snort
system. I am very thankful to have a front-row seat to watch the
enormously talented security analysts of the Snort community continue
to refine and improve the capability of the tools we use."

Chapter topics include: Intrusion Detection Systems, Introducing Snort
2.1, Installing Snort, Inner Workings, Playing by the Rules,
Preprocessors, Implementing Snort Output Plug-Ins, Dealing with the Data,
Keeping Everything Up to Date, Optimizing Snort, Mucking Around with
Barnyard, Active Response, and Advanced Snort.

The CD-ROM contents include:
Snort 2.1.2 and ruleset
Offense Tools: Nmap, Nikto, Nessus, and Ettercap
Packet Analysis Tools: Ethereal and Tcpdump
ACID, Barnyard, and swatch Programs
Testing/Evasion Tools: Stick and Snot
Active Response Systems: Snortsam, Fwsnort, and Snort_inline

BOOK DETAILS
Snort 2.1 Intrusion Detection, Second Edition
ISBN: 1-931836-04-3
PRICE: $49.95 U.S.
PAGE COUNT: 704 PP

About the Authors
Brian Caswell, snort.org webmaster, is a highly respected member of the
Snort community and is the primary person responsible for maintaining the
rules that drive the Snort intrusion detection system.

Jay Beale is Series Editor of the Jay Beale Open Source Security Series
and lead developer of the Bastille project, which creates a hardening
script for Linux, HP-UX, and Mac OS X.

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,
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 and Canada by O'Reilly Media, Inc.