Anton Chuvakin, Ph.D, GCIA, GCIH. Information Security Book Reviews

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(09/04/2001) "Information Warfare: How to Survive Cyber Attacks" by Michael Erschloe [published at SecurityWatch]
(08/24/2001) "Hacking Linux Exposed" by Brian Hatch, James Lee and George Kurtz [published at SecurityWatch]
(08/2001) "Incident Response" by Kenneth R. van Wyk and Richard Forno [published at SecurityWatch]
(01/09/2002) "Incident Response: Investigating Computer Crime" by Kevin Mandia, Chris Prosise [published at SC Magazine web portal]
(03/13/2002) "Hacker's Challenge" by Mike Schiffman [published at SC Magazine web portal]
(06/04/2002) "CERT Guide to System and Network Security" by Julia Allen [published at SC Magazine web portal]
(05/01/2002) "Know You Enemy" by Project Honeynet [posted at Amazon.com]
(07/10/2002) "Authentication: From Passwords to Public Keys" by Richard E. Smith [published at SC Magazine web portal]
(08/02/2002) "Honeypots: Tracking Hackers" by Lance Spitzner [published at SlashDot web portal] (also posted on the Amazon.com)
(09/11/2002) "Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense" by Stuart McClure, Saumil Shah, Shreeraj Shah [posted at Amazon.com]
(09/11/2002) "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls" by Wes Sonnenreich, Tom Yates [posted at Amazon.com]
(09/30/2002) "Anti-Hacker Tool Kit" by Mike Shema, Bradley C. Johnson, Keith J. Jones [posted at Amazon.com]
(09/30/2002) "Inside Network Perimeter Security: The Definitive Guide to Firewalls, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Routers, and Intrusion Detection Systems" by Stephen Northcutt, Karen Fredrick, Scott Winters, Lenny Zeltser, Ronald W Ritchey [posted at Amazon.com]
(10/09/2002) "Incident Response" by Eugene Schultz and Russell Shumway [published in ;login USENIX magazine]
(10/30/2002) "Network Intrusion Detection, 3rd edition" by Stephen Northcutt and Judy Novak [published at SC Magazine web portal]
(11/04/2002) "The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security" by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon [posted at Amazon.com]
(11/04/2002) "Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook (3nd Edition)" by Stephen Northcutt, Judy Novak [posted at Amazon.com]
(11/25/2002) "Wireless Security and Privacy: Best Practices and Design Techniques"by Tara M. Swaminatha, Charles R. Elden [posted at Amazon.com]
(01/02/2003) "A Guide to Forensic Testimony: The Art and Practice of Presenting Testimony As An Expert Technical Witness" by Fred Chris Smith, Rebecca Gurley Bace [posted at Amazon.com]
(01/17/2003) "Hacker's Challenge 2: Test Your Network Security & Forensic Skills" by Mike Schiffman, Bill Pennington, David Pollino, Adam O*Donnell [posted at Amazon.com]
(01/28/2003) "Building Open Source Network Security Tools: Components and Techniques" by Mike Schiffman [posted at Amazon.com]
(04/17/2003) "IT Security: Risking the Corporation" by Linda McCarthy [posted at Amazon.com]
(04/17/2003) "FreeBSD: The Complete Reference" by Roderick W. Smith [posted at Amazon.com]
(04/22/2003) "Securing Linux: A Survival Guide for Linux Security" by SANS Institute [posted at SANS web site]
(05/05/2003) "Securing Cisco Routers: Step-by-Step" by Joshua L. Wright, John N. Stewart (SANS) [posted at Amazon.com]
(05/13/2003) "Mission-Critical Security Planner: When Hackers Won't Take No for an Answer" by Eric Greenberg [posted at Amazon.com]
(05/13/2003) "Counter Hack: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses" by Ed Skoudis [posted at Amazon.com]
(06/19/2003) "Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker" by William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin, Aviel D. Rubin [posted at Amazon.com]
(07/17/2003) "Hacking Exposed" by by Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, George Kurtz [posted at Amazon.com]
(08/19/2003) "Access Denied: The Complete Guide to Protecting Your Business Online" by Cathy Cronkhite, Jack McCullough [posted at Amazon.com]
(08/19/2003) "Inside the Security Mind: Making the Tough Decisions" by Kevin Day [posted at Amazon.com]
(09/24/2003) "Computer Security: 20 Things Every Employee Should Know" by Ben Rothke [posted at Amazon.com]
(09/24/2003) "Black Ice: The Invisible Threat of Cyberterrorism" by Dan Verton [posted at Amazon.com]
(10/01/2003) "HackNotes(tm) Network Security Portable Reference" Michael Horton, Clinton Mugge [posted at Amazon.com]
(11/06/2003) "Incident Response and Computer Forensics, Second Edition" by Chris Prosise, Kevin Mandia, Matt Pepe [posted at Amazon.com]
(11/06/2003) "HackNotes(tm) Web Security Pocket Reference" by Mike Shema [posted at Amazon.com]
(11/20/2003) "Managing A Network Vulnerability Assessment" by Justin Peltier, John A. Blackley, Thomas R. Peltier [posted at Amazon.com]
(12/10/2003) "Investigative Data Mining for Security and Criminal Detection" by Jesus Mena [posted at Amazon.com]
(12/10/2003) "How Secure is Your Wireless Network? Safeguarding Your Wi-Fi LAN" by Lee Barken [posted at Amazon.com]
(02/04/2004) "Intrusion Detection and Prevention" by Eugene Schultz, Jim Mellander, Carl F. Endorf [posted at Amazon.com]
(02/04/2004) "The Effective Incident Response Team" by Julie Lucas, Brian Moeller [posted at Amazon.com]
(03/08/2004) "The Hacker's Handbook: The Strategy Behind Breaking into and Defending Networks" by Susan Young, Dave Aitel [posted at Amazon.com]
(05/12/2004) "Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Second Edition" by by Mike Shema, Bradley C. Johnson [posted at Amazon.com]
(05/12/2004) "Computer Security for the Home and Small Office" by Thomas C. Greene [posted at Amazon.com]
(05/12/2004) "Defense and Detection Strategies against Internet Worms" by Jose Nazario [posted at Amazon.com]
(05/12/2004) "Exploiting Software : How to Break Code" by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw [posted at Amazon.com]
(06/30/2004) "Network Security Hacks" by Andrew Lockhart [posted at Amazon.com]
(06/30/2004) "Defend I.T. : Security by Example" by Ajay Gupta, Scott Laliberte [posted at Amazon.com]
(10/14/2004) "Network Security Hacks"by Andrew Lockhart [posted at Amazon.com]
(10/14/2004) "Assessing Network Security" by Ben Smith, David LeBlanc, Kevin Lam [posted at Amazon.com]
(10/14/2004) "The Tao of Network Security Monitoring : Beyond Intrusion Detection" by Richard Bejtlich [posted at Amazon.com]
(10/14/2004) "Network Security Assessment" by Chris McNab [posted at Amazon.com]
(10/14/2004) "Wi-Foo : The Secrets of Wireless Hacking" by Andrew Vladimirov, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko, Andrei A. Mikhailovsky [posted at Amazon.com]

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Last updated Oct 14 2004