About this item
Highlights
- There are many ways that a potential attacker can intercept information, or learnmore about the sender, as the information travels over a network.
- Author(s): Michal Zalewski
- 281 Pages
- Computers + Internet, Security
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About the Book
Written by a well-known figure in the security/hacking community, this book stimulates readers to think more creatively about security problems and focuses on non-trivial and significant problems, not hype. The captivating narrative examines the journey of a packet of information, from input to destination, the secrets it divulges, and the security problems it faces along the way.Book Synopsis
There are many ways that a potential attacker can intercept information, or learnmore about the sender, as the information travels over a network. Silence on the Wireuncovers these silent attacks so that system administrators can defend against them, as well as better understand and monitor their systems.
Silence on the Wire dissects several unique and fascinating security andprivacy problems associated with the technologies and protocols used in everydaycomputing, and shows how to use this knowledge to learn more about others or tobetter defend systems. By taking an indepth look at modern computing, from hardwareon up, the book helps the system administrator to better understand security issues, and to approach networking from a new, more creative perspective. The sys admin canapply this knowledge to network monitoring, policy enforcement, evidence analysis, IDS, honeypots, firewalls, and forensics.